A waste operator and farmland owner have been ordered to pay a combined £36,000 over the illegal burning of waste at a farm near Newark. Samual Hussan, of Beaver Cotes Close in Newark, used Corner Farm in Farndon to burn waste without a permit in 2018.
The 61-year-old told officers from the Environment Agency he had been paid £50 per tonne for the waste and that there were 300 tonnes of bales on the site - working out at £15,000. The farm's owner, Frederick Hardy, admitted he had knowingly permitted the operation without the necessary environmental permit.
Officers discovered waste on the site included road plainings, wood, construction and demolition waste. There were also at least 1,000 bales of waste which contained carpets, duvets and mattresses.
