Definition of waste - a job for the jury?

摘要

In the case of R v W. TC and PC [2010] EWCA Crim 927 the Court of Appeal held that where a person is accused of permitting the deposit, disposing or keeping of controlled waste, contrary to s 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, the issue of whether the material in question amounted to "controlled waste ", is a question of fact for the jury.