Latest South West Region news...
- SCRAPYARD FINED FOR EXPORTING 'CUT' CARS TO FORMER RUSSIAN STATE
| 03/07/2008 |
A Bristol scrapyard was today ordered to pay £1,000 in fines and costs for cutting cars in half and shipping the front ends to Georgia in Eastern Europe. The case was brought by the Environment Age...
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- BUSINESSMAN FINED FOR WASTE OFFENCES
| 02/07/2008 |
Saltash businessman Charles Henwood has been ordered to pay £2,355 for illegally burning and burying construction waste in the grounds of his home. The case was brought by the Environment Agency. ...
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South West Region Information
The environment of the South West is one of the richest in the UK, with over 60% of the UK's Heritage Coast, almost half the UK's designated bathing waters, and high proportions of the UK's rarest and most endangered habitats (for instance, 57% of the UK's flower rich meadows). Five million people live in the region and over 15 million visitors are drawn here annually by its natural, built and cultural heritage. So the region's environment is vital not just for its own sake, but because of the contribution it makes to the economy and overall quality of life in the South West.
The region covers Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and most of Wiltshire. Our environmental priorities include flooding, soils and run-off, and waste.
We often work in partnership with others, to tackle these and other issues - our contribution to the Environment Agency's vision of a healthy, rich and diverse environment for present and future generations.
