Brisbane waste company Bio-Recycle is fined more than $300,000 for illegally dumping 274,000 tonnes of extra waste at its Ipswich landfill site without a permit for financial gain.
Waste company Bio-Recycle has been fined $300,000 after pleading guilty to two environmental breaches that saw the company accept 274,000 extra tonnes of waste over its allowed limit.The company was knocked back for an increased waste permit in 2018The Ipswich Magistrates Court heard the company operates a landfill site which takes building and demolition waste and disposes of it in old mining voids.
"The company has been previously fined for eight offences for wilfully contravening the condition of an environmental authority," Magistrate Shepherd said. Despite this, the court heard the waste company continued to illegally dump a surplus amount of waste at the site.
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