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CRAYFORD A waste disposal company in Kent has been fined £55,000 after illegally exporting household rubbish to India, China and Indonesia.
Grosvenor Waste Management (GWM) Ltd admitted six breaches of the Transfrontier Shipments of Waste Regulations at Maidstone Crown Court. The prosecution followed a two-year investigation after 15 containers were detained at Southampton port. The accompanying documentation claimed they contained waste paper for recycling, but Environment Agency officers noticed a strong smell of decaying domestic and household waste, and found flies in many of the containers.
In addition to the fine, GWM Ltd was ordered to pay £85,000 in costs, and suffered financial losses as a result of the case amounting to about £400,000.
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It is a shame that anyone has the gaul to think that exporting our waste is the solution to our wasteful lifestyles in the West. Sad that it is no-doubt cheaper to export waste in cotainers to China than to pay for proper waste disposal or recycling in the UK. Britain is living off the back of low economy nations and needs to move away from it's spoilt brat mentality of having what it wants, when it wants it, and forgetting what the consequences of this consumerism is for our planet. God will hold us accountable for misusing the planet he has lent us.
P Sellar, Cockermouth, UK