Man and his firms illegally dumped 1,800 tonnes of waste across Wales

A MAN convicted for waste offences after pleading guilty to illegally depositing waste at three separate sites across Wales has been ordered to pay back £322,500.

- PHILIP DEWEY Reporter

Of the three offences, the fire service deemed some to be a “high fire risk".

Stephen Williams, 69, from Tondu, Bridgend, was the sole company director for two waste removal companies, Wenvoe Environmental Limited and Servmax Limited.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) says he first pleaded guilty to depositing controlled waste through the companies without an environmental permit at sites in Caerphilly, Cowbridge and Dolgellau between October 2018 and October 2019 at Cardiff Crown Court in February last year.

Charges against Mr Williams and Wenvoe Environmental Limited related to offences involving operating a waste site without an environmental permit and blending or mixing of waste before disposal.

He was also accused of depositing 1,843.32 tonnes of mixed and contaminated bales of textile waste, at Pen Yr Heol Las Farm, Caerphilly.

Officers from NRW first visited the site in July 2019.

They found a significant amount of baled waste textiles in the main yard of the farm, along with several curtain sided vehicles of similar material waiting to be unloaded.