Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust is to receive £168,000 following Environment Agency investigations into environmental offences involving waste deposits and a slurry discharge in the county.
The money comes through enforcement undertakings accepted by the agency, a sanction available for dealing with some environmental offences. The funds are to support nature recovery and deliver environmental benefits across Lincolnshire.
The largest payment, £60,000, came from Bowring Transport Limited, of Forest Road, Warsop, Nottinghamshire, after construction and demolition waste was deposited without authorisation at Hook Cliff Farm, Gonerby Moor, Grantham, between 9 June 2020 and 14 April 2022.
Fox (Owmby) Limited, of Caenby Corner, Market Rasen, paid £40,000 after mixed waste was deposited without authorisation at Willow Holt Caravan and Camping Park, Tattershall, between 8 December 2020 and 28 January 2021. Crockway Farms Limited, of Long Ash Lane, Dorchester, paid £30,000 following a slurry discharge from a pig unit in Market Rasen on 7 April 2023, which spread to nearby land and into a drainage ditch.
Construction & Environmental Services Limited, of East Street, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, paid £26,000, and Earthborn Transport Limited, of Rectory Road, West Bridgford, paid £12,000. Both payments related to unauthorised deposits of construction and demolition waste at Hook Cliff Farm over the same period as the Bowring Transport case.
The Environment Agency said all offenders had contributed to its costs and carried out actions intended to stop offending, prevent recurrence or restore harm. The trust has previously used enforcement undertaking funding for conservation projects in Lincolnshire, including reed management work.