Veg firm pays out £23,000 after illegal waste spread

Yorkshire based vegetable grower and processor JE Hartley was found to have been in breach of permit regulations for six years

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Vegetable grower JE Hartley paid out more than £23,000 as part of an EA enforcement undertaking
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Vegetable grower JE Hartley paid out more than £23,000 as part of an EA enforcement undertaking

A York-based farming business which produces frozen vegetables for some of the country's biggest retailers and manufacturers has offered to pay £23,640 to a local river trust after it had been found illegally...

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