Recycling Company's Fire Polluted 2.3km of River and Killed Hundreds of Fish

Recycling company's fire polluted 2.3km of river and killed hundreds of fish

SL Recycling fined £64,000 after a blaze polluted rivers near Ystrad Mynach.

Recycling site fire caused £79,000 worth of damage, polluted land and killed fish

SL Recycling, based in Penalta, Caerphilly, committed a number of breaches which hindered the fire service putting out the major fire

Waste firm fined £64,000 over River Rhymney pollution after scrapyard fire

Waste water and chemical foam used to fight the fire at SL Recycling polluted the Nant Cylla brook and the River Rhymney over a 2.3km stretch - killing 175 fish.

Welsh recycling company fined £64,000 after 'significant fire'

A metal and waste recycling company in South Wales has been fined £64,000 for environmental offences after a fire broke out at its plant. In 2021, a large-scale fire broke out at the S L Recycling plant in Ystrad Mynach Caerphilly, after a lithium-ion battery exploded when a vehicle shell was crushed. The fire spread to the primary stockpile of scrap metal stored centrally within the yard, where around 150 tonnes of recycling material, including…

Controversial waste firm fined £64k for offences at its own plant that caused a 'significant' fire

The SL Recycling Ltd fire in September 2021 Martin Shipton A controversial waste company has been fined £64,000 after pleading guilty to three environmental offences after a significant fire broke out at its own recycling plant. S L Recycling Ltd, a metal and waste recycling company, appeared at Newport Crown Court in connection with the fire on the Penallta industrial estate in Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly in September 2021. The charges brought ag…