Ex-environment secretary to take role at UK waste firm fined for polluting water
by Henry Dyer from Environment | The Guardian on (#6ECCT)
George Eustice given consultancy job with Augean, which had to pay 36,000 after groundwater contaminated
A former UK environment secretary is to take a consultancy role with a waste management firm that had to pay 36,000 after an Environment Agency (EA) investigation found contamination of groundwater at a site.
George Eustice, who was the secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs from February 2020 until September 2022, is joining Augean, a waste treatment company with sites across the UK.
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