A recycling firm has been ordered to pay almost £100,000 after falsifying records for electrical waste in order to make money. GLJ Recycling Ltd was found to have uplifted the value of the amount of waste they received by £38,000.
Owner Gareth Jones and employee Colleen Andrews were responsible for the falsification at the company, based in Cwmcarn, Caerphilly. A part of the business was involved in treating Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), evidence of which can be sold to schemes.
Speaking at a sentencing hearing at Newport Crown Court on Tuesday, prosecutor Tim Evans said: "It is plainly a system which is open to potential abuse. If someone submits a false return exaggerating the amount then they make money by doing so.
