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Firm linked with axed DRS in new illegal waste row

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Published date07 August 2023
Publication titleExpress, The/The Express on Sunday
Papers belatedly released under freedom of information (FoI) legislation show that a contaminated shipment of paper by Biffa Waste Services Ltd was halted at an English port last November, while it was helping to set up logistics for the controversial project

Following pressure from politicians and industry leaders, Greens minister Lorna Slater announced in June that DRS was being axed.

Just seven months before, while Biffa Waste was investing £65million as a partner, a company shipment was deemed to be in breach of the Transfrontier Shipment ofWaste Regulations by the

Environment Agency in England. A container described as containing "paper" was examined at a port and found to be contaminated by plastics, including dirty food trays and pots.

The Environment Agency's 'stop' notice said: "These articles were easily found in a small area on both bales. No material had to be removed to foun b woe find them. "The transport of waste to a place outside the UK is either prohibited by the Community Regulation or requires prior notification and written consent from all authorities concerned, in accordance with the Community Regulation." Officials ordered the consignment to be returned to Broxburn, West Lothian, where Biffa PLC has a

Re pri writt author r d Reg base. Unlike similar incidents in the past, the company was not prosecuted over last year's breach.

In 2021, Biffa was convicted of illegally exporting 50,000 tins, 40,000 plastic bags, 3,000 nappies and condoms to...

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