Birmingham & Black Country 14 August 2019 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-49336519 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel Waste firms have been fined over a huge mound of “stomach-churning” rubbish that “smelled like sewage”. Company directors have also been sentenced in connection with what the Environment Agency said was almost 2,000 tonnes of abandoned waste. The smell from the site on Shaw Road, Dudley, was also compared by the body to rotting vegetables. It said dust covered cars while debris blocked guttering and affected air conditioning at nearby factory units. Rowanoak Waste Services Ltd was fined £25,000 for breaching regulations. At an earlier hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court, jurors found Rowanoak failed to comply with environmental permit conditions and enforcement notices. The Environment Agency said the site was abandoned in 2016, but was still having an impact on neighbouring businesses, covering its vehicles and customers’ cars. Former director Kevin Allan, 59, of… [Read full story]
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