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| Q3 2025 | 1 | €850 |
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| Q1 2026 | 2 | €170,216 |
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3 cases
24 Mar 2026 3R Technology UK Ltd3R Technology UK: penalty for exporting contaminated plastic waste despite prohibition €164,216
From 2022 to 2025, the company exported containers of supposedly clean plastic that was in fact contaminated with electronic waste such as cables and circuit boards; in some cases, the waste was hidden at the back of the container, and further containers were shipped despite prohibition notices from August 2024. The company and its director pleaded guilty to 16 counts: a fine of 80,000 GBP, 45,000 GBP in costs and a 2,000 GBP surcharge for the company; 120 hours of community service, 15,000 GBP in costs and a 114 GBP surcharge for the director.
Incorrectly declared waste exports are detected during port inspections; those who ignore regulatory prohibitions also risk the personal conviction of management.
Correct classification and declaration of waste for export
- Authority / court
- Preston Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Environment Agency)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Vorschriften zur grenzüberschreitenden Abfallverbringung (Notifizierung und Zustimmung); Verstoß gegen Untersagungsverfügungen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Culpability
- intentional
- Repeat case
- yes
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Liability of senior managers
- Director Yulin Wang personally sentenced to 120 hours of community service, 15,000 GBP in costs and a 114 GBP surcharge.
- Published
- 2 Apr 2026
Original amount 142,114 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Mar 2026.
- Lancashire company and director fined for illegal exports Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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13 Feb 2026 B GmbH (in der Entscheidung anonymisiert)LVwG Lower Austria: penalty for exceeding permitted waste volumes reduced €6,000
A treatment facility for non-hazardous waste was permitted for a maximum of 150,000 t of annual deliveries and 60,000 t of storage, but accepted around 188,000 t and 224,000 t in 2021 and 2022 respectively and at times stored 173,000 t. The Lower Austria Regional Administrative Court (Landesverwaltungsgericht Niederösterreich, LVwG) upheld the penalty imposed on the responsible officer for modifying the facility without a permit but reduced the fine from 8,400 to 6,000 EUR (LVwG-S-1039/004-2024).
Permitted throughput and storage volumes are binding; those who accept more are modifying the facility in a way that requires a permit and are personally liable as the responsible officer.
Monitoring permitted volumes and capacities in plant operation
- Authority / court
- Landesverwaltungsgericht Niederösterreich (Straferkenntnis der Bezirkshauptmannschaft Baden)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- § 79 Abs. 1 Z 9 i. V. m. § 37 Abs. 3 Z 5 AWG 2002; § 9 Abs. 2 VStG i. V. m. § 26 Abs. 6 AWG 2002
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- reduced
- Sector
- Other
- Repeat case
- yes
- Mitigating circumstances
- Disproportionately long proceedings (§ 34 (2) StGB, Austrian Criminal Code) as the only mitigating factor; the officer's relevant previous convictions were an aggravating factor.
- Liability of senior managers
- The penalty was imposed on the company's responsible officer appointed under § 9 (2) VStG.
- LVwG Niederösterreich, 13.02.2026, LVwG-S-1039/004-2024 Court decision
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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31 Jul 2025 B KG (in der Entscheidung anonymisiert)LVwG Lower Austria: penalty for illegal acceptance of 258 t of waste from Hungary upheld €850
In September 2022, the KG (limited partnership) accepted 257.78 tonnes of wastewater from the glycerine treatment of a Hungarian biodiesel plant which, because of its methanol content (2.2 %), was subject to notification as hazardous waste but was shipped to Austria without notification and consent. The Lower Austria Regional Administrative Court (Landesverwaltungsgericht Niederösterreich, LVwG) upheld the fine of 850 EUR against the partner authorised to represent the company, set aside the second count (collection without a permit) and discontinued the proceedings in that respect (LVwG-S-512/001-2025).
The recipient of cross-border waste must also check before acceptance whether the shipment has been notified and authorised – otherwise management is personally liable.
Checking notification requirements for cross-border waste deliveries
- Authority / court
- Landesverwaltungsgericht Niederösterreich (Straferkenntnis der Bezirkshauptmannschaft Wiener Neustadt)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- § 79 Abs. 1 Z 15b i. V. m. § 69 AWG 2002; Art. 2 Nr. 35 Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1013/2006 (Abfallverbringung); § 9 Abs. 1 VStG
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- reduced
- Sector
- Other
- Liability of senior managers
- The penalty was imposed on the partner with unlimited liability as the person appointed to represent the company externally under § 9 (1) VStG (Austrian Administrative Penal Act).
- LVwG Niederösterreich, 31.07.2025, LVwG-S-512/001-2025 Court decision
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link