Nimesh Patel, 52, and Andrew Eyre, 55, ran an illegal waste tyre site Synergy Tyres in Daventry.
The trial was concluded at Northampton crown court last week (28 March 2025).
A Proceeds of Crime judgement seeks to recuperate the financial gains made off a crime.
Patel has been ordered to pay £175,013.93 and a £122 surcharge while Eyre will have to pay £138,368.52 and £140 surcharge.
If the two men fail to make the payments within three months, they will face three and two years in prison respectively.
The Daventry site operated without an environmental permit and tyres were stored in an unsafe manner, creating a significant fire risk and high pollution risk.
Starting in February 2020, the EA inspected the site multiple times over the course of the next year.
The investigation found that the 40-tonne weekly limit for the storage or treatment of waste tyres was exceeded in 52 out of the 59 weeks analysed.
This probe followed a court case in January 2020, for the same nature of offending, when Synergy Tyres had been fined £11,250.
Eyre was also fined £250 for breach of the previous suspended sentence of imprisonment which he received at the time.
Peter Stark, enforcement leader for the EA’s Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire Area, said: “The case shows that we’re not just content to prosecute those who run illegal waste sites, we’ll also come after them to get back the profits they made from their illegal activities and to recoup taxpayers’ money spent on pursuing them.
“Waste crime can have a serious environmental impact which puts communities at risk and undermines legitimate business and the investment and economic growth that go with it.
“We continue to use intelligence-led approaches to target the most serious crimes and evaluate which interventions are most effective.”
The EA called on the public to report suspected waste crime to CrimeStoppers on 0800 555 111.
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