Operator ordered to pay £15,000 to local wildlife trust after polluting river with sediment


 

A Warwickshire excavator and fleet operator unintentionally allowed sediment from a quarry to enter freshwaters and cause environmental damage. However, because the environment agency (EA) accepted that the negligence by AT Contracting and Plant Hire was not due to dangerous or foolhardy behaviour, it escaped prosecution. Instead the company was sanctioned with an enforcement undertaking, […]