A total of more than £22,000 has been paid to local charities by people who were caught dumping waste. Portland Basin Marina Limited has paid £2,000 to East Manchester Community Boat Project after they were caught causing pollution to the River Tame.
They allowed dredging spoil to be place on the banks of the river, which slid into the river, causing harmful pollution. The company responded by carrying out improvement works on the site and introduced a new policy to stop this happening again.
They also paid the costs incurred by the Environment Agency. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. Elsewhere in Greater Manchester Adam Daniels paid £100 to the Rochdale Borough Climate Change Fund for his involvement with an illegal waste site at Mercedes House between March and November 2021.
He agreed to remove the waste from the site and close his business. Tania Foster paid £20,000 to Cheshire Wildlife Trust for her part in an illegal waste site on land at Parkgate Road, Wood Bank, Chester between January and July 2021.
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