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R (Anti-Waste Ltd) V Environment Agency [electronic resource]

Language: English Publication details: 2007Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: [2007] EWHC 717 (Admin), 4 April 2007. Considers whether the procedure of piggybacking waste, where a cell of waste is deposited on a site already partly occupied by another, is lawful. The defendant had refused permission. The appellant contended that it was a lawful procedure providing there was no danger of pollution from either the old or the new waste cell. "Held": It was found that the piggybacking of waste cells was acceptable only if it could be demonstrated that there was no risk of pollution from either cell of waste. The concern of the waste affecting groundwater did not enter this case for consideration but it was held that this would constitute a risk of pollution if present. The appeal was upheld.
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[2007] EWHC 717 (Admin), 4 April 2007. Considers whether the procedure of piggybacking waste, where a cell of waste is deposited on a site already partly occupied by another, is lawful. The defendant had refused permission. The appellant contended that it was a lawful procedure providing there was no danger of pollution from either the old or the new waste cell. "Held": It was found that the piggybacking of waste cells was acceptable only if it could be demonstrated that there was no risk of pollution from either cell of waste. The concern of the waste affecting groundwater did not enter this case for consideration but it was held that this would constitute a risk of pollution if present. The appeal was upheld.