UK waste firm Biffa loses appeal after exporting dirty waste to China

Company convicted of trying to export used nappies and other contaminated materials illegally

One of the UK's biggest waste firms has lost a case in the court of appeal to overturn a criminal conviction for exporting dirty waste to China.

The Environment Agency, which brought a successful criminal prosecution a year ago against Biffa Waste Services Ltd, which was convicted of trying to send used nappies and other contaminated materials illegally to China, welcomed Friday's ruling and said exports of this kind of illegal waste blighted the lives and environment of people overseas".