Companies pay out more than £1.5m for breaking environment laws
by Press Association from Environment | The Guardian on (#2AW7X)
Money collected as an alternative to prosecutions will go to projects that help wildlife, says Environment Agency
More than 1.5m will go to projects that help wildlife and the environment as companies pay for breaking green laws, the Environment Agency has said.
Businesses are paying between 1,500 and 375,000 in "enforcement undertakings" as an alternative to prosecutions for breaking environmental laws by polluting rivers, breaching permit conditions or avoiding recycling. The money on the new list of enforcement undertakings from 26 companies - including six paying six-figure sums - totals 1,535,992.
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