UK waste firm exported 'offensive' materials including used nappies

Biffa Waste Services found guilty of exporting unsorted waste to China it said was paper

One of the UK's biggest waste firms has been convicted of sending used nappies and other contaminated materials to China illegally.

Biffa Waste Services Ltd was found guilty of exporting unsorted household waste that it said was paper. The company was prosecuted by the Environment Agency after investigators stopped seven 25-tonne containers from leaving Felixstowe in Suffolk over suspicions about the content.