Recycled aggregate firms blast new waste crime levy

Recycled aggregate producers have slammed the Environment Agency’s new levy on the industry to fund fighting waste crime by rogue operators.
Firms that recycle and reuse millions of tonnes of demolition and construction waste to produce vital recycled aggregate complain they are being used as ‘cash cows’ by the regulator to recover policing costs of unrelated illegal waste activities.
The Environment Agency plans to impose a 10% levy on compliant firms’ waste permit fees