Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) reports it has achieved a significant victory in its ongoing battle to protect the Kent Downs National Landscape after a landowner has been convicted and sentenced…
A quick-thinking waste collection crew that spotted rubbish smouldering in the back of their refuse collection lorry have been praised. The team from the Canterbury City Council’s contractor Canenco grabbed…
Library image Most don’t need reminding that cigarette butts are still litter – and 16 more people are unlikely to forget it after being fined almost £7,000 for littering in…
Fly Tipping in Gilbert Road Image: Ashford Borough Council Two separate cases of fly-tipping have ended in big fines for two Ashford residents thanks to teamwork by Ashford Borough Council’s…
Folkestone and Hythe District Council is keen to improve the current recycling rate across the district and is launching a new campaign. Use your “bin-fluence” for good – is the…
A 69-year-old Kennington man has paid a £1,000 Fixed Penalty Notice after CCTV captured the moment he dumped a mattress and bed on land near Evegate Business Park. Ashford Borough…
Rubbish in Northgate Photo: CCC A former shopkeeper from Canterbury whose commercial waste was found dumped outside her business address in Northgate, Canterbury, has been ordered by a court to…
Photo: Canterbury City Council Canterbury City Council reported a Maidstone man whose rubbish was found dumped on two different occasions in Whitstable Road, Herne Bay, was found guilty of an…
A man from Stanford South, who fly-tipped and burned waste along the road where he lives, has been handed a community order after dumping various items on three separate occasions…
CLA South East Regional Director Tim Bamford An ancient woodland near Ashford, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, has been the victim of industrial-scale waste disposal by alleged…
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