MC Mountain and Son Ltd – the haulage arm of the recycling business – and company director Mowbray Christopher (Chris) Mountain, also denied the charges brought by the Environment Agency and Lincolnshire county council.
All three defendants are due to appear before a jury on 12 June 2017 after their case was adjourned by Lincoln Crown Court yesterday.
Mid UK and MC Mountain and Son have each denied a charge of keeping controlled waste in a manner likely to cause pollution to the environment or harm to human health.
Mid UK also denies a separate charge of failing to comply with an environmental permit condition between 11 September 2014 and 1 September 2015 to minimise the risks of pollution at the Ancaster site.
Both companies have denied three charges of failing to comply with an enforcement notice to cease storing materials in a non-permitted area, to ensure they were baled and wrapped, and to ensure they did not exceed a height of 3.5 metres between 5 September 2014 and 18 September 2015.
Charges
Director of the two companies Mr Mountain, 43, of Burghley Park, has meanwhile denied three charges of involving the keeping of controlled waste at the site during the same period.
He also denied six charges of failing to comply with an enforcement notice.
Based in Lincolnshire, the Mid UK Recycling business spans four sites at Ancaster, Market Deeping and Caythorpe, as well as an open-windrow composting facility in Colsterworth.
The Ancaster site – where the company has denied the enforcement notice and permit breaches – currently houses a materials recycling facility for dry household recyclables from commercial clients as well as Lincolnshire county council, which initiated a £2.5 million contract with the firm in July 2015 (see letsrecycle.com story).
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