Environment Agency Must ‘Rethink Inspection Regime’ Says Watchdog

Environment Agency must ‘rethink inspection regime’ says watchdog

The Environment Agency is already under fire over its failure to prosecute polluting water firms and reduce illegal waste dumps.

Watchdog finds ‘significant shortcomings’ in EA waste inspections

MRW Watchdog finds ‘significant shortcomings’ in EA waste inspections Office for Environmental Protection says compliant facilities in England may be significantly lower than Environment Agency has reportedWatchdog finds ‘significant shortcomings’ in EA waste inspections Daniel Bosley

Watchdog finds only 64% of waste sites compliant

A watchdog has found that only 64% of waste sites can be confirmed compliant under what it characterises as a ‘flawed’ Environment Agency inspection regime.

OEP finds ‘significant weaknesses’ in regulation of waste sites

There are ‘significant weaknesses’ in the Environment Agency’s inspections of waste operations and installations, Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) report finds. The report by the public oversight body for environmental protection in England and Northern Ireland is based on a review of Environment Agency (EA) inspections from 2018 to 2022, which are the most recent available. It found that many inspections carried out during the period w…