Pollution

We enforce the Clean Air Act which prohibits the emission of dark smoke from industrial and commercial premises. Businesses must also ensure they do not cause a nuisance as described in the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (opens new window).

Advice on commercial and industrial bonfires:

• Do not burn any material that creates dark smoke such as paints, plastics, tyres etc; this is likely to lead directly to prosecution
• Do not burn electrical cable to recover the metal
• Do not burn straw or stubble left in a field

The operator is under a duty of care to dispose of waste according to the law.

Please note:

• All building sites are commercial
• All agricultural land is commercial