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Waste company Bio-Recycle fined $300k for ‘deliberate’ illegal dumping of waste at Queensland landfill site – ABC News
Brisbane waste company Bio-Recycle is fined more than $300,000 for illegally dumping more than 326,000 tonnes of extra waste at its Ipswich landfill site without a permit for financial gain.
Waste company Bio-Recycle has been fined $300,000 after pleading guilty to two environmental breaches that saw the company accept 326,137 extra tonnes of waste over its allowed limit.
Key points:
- Waste company Bio-Recycle made $7.4 million as a result of illegal dumping
- The company was knocked back for an increased waste permit in 2018
- Magistrate David Shepherd described the offending as “deliberate” and “contemptuous”
The Ipswich Magistrates Court heard the …
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