Dive summary:
- Gary Doonin, the boss of a waste recycling company in Scotland, has been called “one of Scotland’s worse environmental offenders,” after investigators found his company had hidden hundreds of tones of waste.
- Everything from tires, carpet, electronics, metal and timber were found buried at a former colliery owned by the company.
- Inspectors from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency called it the biggest illegal dump they had ever seen.
From the article:
THE boss of a waste recycling company has been branded “one of Scotland’s worst environmental offenders”.
Gary Doonin, 47, was given the title by a prosecutor in court after investigators found his firm had hidden hundreds of tonnes of industrial and commercial waste under soil at a former colliery in West Lothian.
Car tyres, carpets, clothes, mail, electrical components, metal and timber were uncovered during excavations after complaints sparked a major investigation. ...
