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Environment Secretary George Eustice says a criminal investigation is under way at Saxon Pit, Whittlesey, into dumped waste.

A new centre to recycle incinerator ash has been given the go ahead, despite hundreds of objections.

Cllr Boden, also the leader of Fenland District Council, said: “We face having a minimum of 122,858 tonnes of non-conforming waste in Saxon Pit.   “Of the borehole samples of that waste analysed by the Environment Agency, 86 per cent have been found to contain sufficient chemical contaminants to render them hazardous.    Chimneys at Saxon Pits which are likely to be demolished - Credit: CCC “The EA, without any consultation with local representatives, has clearly become inclined toward...

A county council report, published recently and summarising developments at the pit, says at the time work was halted it was to assess what remediation was needed.  Although the EA served an enforcement notice requiring the removal of the non-conforming waste, they later withdrew it whilst at the same time putting together evidence on the medium- and long-term stability of the pit face.  Town councillor Roy Gerstner, a long time campaigner against unlawful waste being brought to the Saxon Pit...