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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

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
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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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