At Mold Magistrates’ Court on 16 December 2025, the company and its director, Ian Glasbrook, pleaded guilty to operating a regulated waste activity without an environmental permit and failing to comply with a legal notice requiring waste to be removed from the site.
Glasbrook was fined £3,077, ordered to pay £7,687 in prosecution costs and a victim surcharge.
He was also disqualified from acting as a company director for three years, from 29 April 2026.
In addition, the court imposed a remediation order requiring both Glasbrook and Endurmeta to remove all remaining waste from the site by 29 April 2026.
Endurmeta was separately fined £3,350 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge.
Carys Williams, Waste Regulation & Enforcement Team Leader for NRW, commented: “Complying with waste exemptions is essential to protect the environment and human health.
“These exemptions are designed for low-risk waste activities, but only when their conditions are met.
Company did not comply with exemption rules
The prosecution related to a waste treatment operation run by Endurmeta at Deva Industrial Estate, Sandycroft, between August 2023 and February 2025.
During this period, the company stored and treated a range of waste materials at the site, including carpets, mattresses and printer cartridges.
The activity was being carried out under registered waste exemptions, which allow certain low-risk waste operations to take place without the need for a full environmental permit.
However, NRW said these exemptions only apply where strict conditions are met.
Officers who inspected the Sandycroft site found that it was not adequately secured and that waste was being stored for longer than permitted under the exemption rules.
As a result of these breaches, NRW cancelled the waste exemptions. The regulator then issued a legal notice under Section 59 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, requiring Endurmeta to remove the waste from the site within a specified timeframe.
Endurmeta failed to comply with the notice and, according to NRW, the majority of the waste remains on site, leading to the prosecution.
Williams added: “Cutting corners undercuts legitimate businesses and increases environmental and public health risks.
“Our officers will continue to monitor the situation as the remaining waste is removed under the court order.”
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