Council tackles illegal waste dumping by Liverpool businesses

Companies in Liverpool face an illegal waste crackdown.

Liverpool City Council has written to 12,000 businesses in the city asking them to prove they are getting rid of their commercial waste in line with the law.

More than 7,000 have not responded leaving council enforcement staff to visit the companies.

Firms that cannot provide evidence they are disposing of waste in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act, i.e. having their waste removed by licensed operators, may face a fixed penalty notice or even prosecution.

Now the Chamber of Commerce's Business Crime Direct team, which has been awarded £460,000 of European Regional Development Fund money to promote cleaner ways of doing business, is offering support to businesses with trade waste problems.