{"id":928,"date":"2026-04-15T07:57:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/?p=928"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:49:34","slug":"8-million-clean-up-of-illegal-waste-site-in-kidlington-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/businesssinglesmeet.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/15\/8-million-clean-up-of-illegal-waste-site-in-kidlington-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a38 million clean-up of illegal waste site in Kidlington begins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Kidlington<\/h4>\n

Work to remove 21,000 tonnes of waste from an illegal waste site in Kidlington<\/a>, Oxfordshire, has now begun.<\/h4>\n

The dump is made up of commercial and household waste, including tyres, shredded plastic, and household rubbish.<\/p>\n

Acumen Waste Services Ltd has been contracted to remove the waste, which is set to cost \u00a38 million and last around six months.<\/p>\n

\"Kidlington<\/a>
The 21,000 tonnes of waste was dumped on land near the A34 in Kidlington.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The operation was previously delayed by two months<\/a> after heavy rainfall meant heavy vehicles were unable to operate on the site. Around 15 to 30 lorry loads of waste will be cleared from the site per day.<\/p>\n

An organised criminal gang is believed to have dumped the waste across 8,000 square metres of land near the A34 in Kidlington \u2013 an area larger than the pitch at Wembley Stadium. Four people have been arrested<\/a> as part of the investigation into the illegal waste dump.<\/p>\n

Director of Policy, Communications and External Affairs at the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), Dan Cooke, told the\u00a0BBC that criminals could have made well over \u00a3500,000<\/a> from dumping the waste.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the clean-up, Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds said: \u201cThe illegal waste dump in Kidlington is disgraceful. I have seen the immense scale of the site, which I am proud to say the government is now clearing up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur wider Waste Crime Action Plan is cracking down on waste criminals by giving the Environment Agency new police style-powers and using new technology, like specialised drones, to prevent this criminality in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

In December last year, Defra announced it would take the \u2018exceptional decision\u2019 to clear the Kidlington waste dump as the scale of the fire risk set the site apart from other illegal waste sites<\/a> in England and presented an \u2018overriding public imperative\u2019.<\/p>\n

As part of its\u00a0new waste crime action plan<\/a>, the government promised to fund the clean-up of some of the \u2018most egregious illegal waste sites\u2019 in the country, including a dump on land owned by the King\u2019s estate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Environment Agency Chief Executive Phillip Duffy told a House of Lords committee that the government has committed \u00a365m towards the clearance of illegal waste sites across the country.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the beginning of the operation, CIWM\u2019s Dan Cooke said that it \u2018was about time\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is good to see that remediation of this system failure has been prioritised. Other so-called illegal \u2018supersites\u2019 need to follow, and this should never be allowed to happen again,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt is a good test of the government\u2019s Waste Crime Action Plan. We must all stay vigilant against this scourge, report early and at any scale.\u201d<\/p>\n

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