Fumes, rats and maggots: peer urges Environment Agency to clear illegal dump in Wigan
Baroness Sheehan challenges refusal to remove 25,000 tonnes of waste by school causing ‘grave environmental hazard’A 25,000 tonne illegal waste dump next to a primary school in Wigan presents “a grave environmental hazard” and should be cleared, the chair of the Lords environment committee...
<p>Baroness Sheehan challenges refusal to remove 25,000 tonnes of waste by school causing ‘grave environmental hazard’</p><p>A 25,000 tonne illegal waste dump next to a primary school in Wigan presents “a grave environmental hazard” and should be cleared, the chair of the Lords environment committee has told the government.</p><p>Baroness Sheehan challenged the refusal of the Environment Agency to clean up an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/06/environment-agency-millions-landfill-tax-illegal-waste">illegal waste dump in Bolton House Road, Wigan</a>, given the agency was spending millions clearing up<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/12/environment-agency-clear-oxfordshire-illegal-dumping-waste-mountain"> illegal waste deposited in Kidlington, Oxfordshire.</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/05/fumes-rats-and-maggots-peer-urges-environment-agency-to-clear-dump-in-wigan">Continue reading...</a>
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