Doncaster Scrap Car dealer Fined for Environmental Offences

A Doncaster-based scrap car and salvage firm has been ordered to pay nearly £25,000 for breaking environmental laws at one of its sites.

Motorhog Ltd, which used the now-closed site to depollute and bale vehicles, repeatedly broke the terms of its environmental permit.

The company, which is based in Doncaster and still operates sites at Adwick, Leeds and Hull, was fined £20,000 by North Tyneside Magistrates' Court after pleading guilty to two of three charges. It was also ordered to pay costs of £4,936.88.

Environment Agency officers visited the North Shields site on 1^st December 2015 to assess permit compliance after several breaches were identified during a previous inspection. Despite numerous subsequent visits and the issuing of multiple enforcement notices, the company failed to take sufficient remedial action.

Spokesperson for the Environment Agency, Rachael Caldwell, said:

"The regulations exist to protect the environment and local communities from the risk of harm. Vehicles contain liquids that are harmful to the environment and they must be dealt with correctly.

"We will not hesitate to take action against any operator that repeatedly breaks the law and disregards its environmental obligations."

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