Derbyshire Firm to Pay Almost £90,000 After Spreading Ash Onto Neighbouring Land

Derbyshire firm to pay almost £90,000 after spreading ash onto neighbouring land

Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling Ltd later accepted that it had made mistakes in dealing with waste and that it had breached its permit by placing the waste on the land

Recycling company must pay £90,000 for breaking waste permit

Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling in Derbyshire must pay £90,000 after pleading guilty to breaking its environmental permit. In March 2021, the Environment Agency started monitoring sites at Hallam Fields Industrial Estate, Ilkeston, due to complaints about dust, odour and noise. The regulator says officers attended land adjacent to where Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling operated and discovered that a large amount of ash, which is commonly used…

Derbyshire recycler fined for waste permit breach

A Derbyshire recycling company has been ordered to pay nearly £90,000 after breaching environmental regulations. Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling Ltd, based in Ilkeston, was fined £40,000 and told to cover costs of £49,886.75 following a prosecution by the Environment Agency. The case centred on a breach of the company’s environmental permit, which required all waste […]

Firm to pay nearly £90,000 for breaking waste permit

At Nottingham Magistrates Court on 7 November 2025, Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling Ltd of Crompton Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, were fined £40,000 and ordered to pay costs of £49,886.75. The company had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing on 19 July 2025. Ash spread on neighbour’s land The court was told the Environment Agency started monitoring […]