Chief executive Philip Duffy said with stronger powers they will be able to “move faster to shut down rogue operators and protect communities”.<\/p>\n
Approved licences allow the holder to either transport waste, buy, sell or dispose of it, or arrange to do so on behalf of someone else. <\/p>\n
Currently, a user can fill out a form online, paying \u00a3191.02 to register to become a waste carrier, broker or dealer.<\/p>\n
Ministers say this means “rogue operators” who dump waste and leave large clean-up bills can enter the system.<\/p>\n
Under the proposed changes, operators will move to a permit system. <\/p>\n
Applicants will have to undergo identity and criminal record checks and demonstrate they meet the requirements, as opposed to just inputting their details. <\/p>\n
The changes stipulate that their permit number will have to be displayed in advertising and on their vehicles.<\/p>\n
The Environment Agency (EA) will also have stronger powers to revoke permits and issue enforcement notices.<\/p>\n
Waste minister Mary Creagh said: “Waste cowboys have abused the system for too long, blighting our countryside and cities alike.<\/p>\n
“Through our Waste Crime Action Plan, we’re introducing rigorous background checks for waste traders, shutting down corrupt operators and kicking them out of the industry for good.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chief executive Philip Duffy said with stronger powers they will be able to “move faster to shut down…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-447050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}