As floods get more severe and more frequent as a result of climate change, the risk of toxic pollutants being released from ...

Historic landfill sites buried underground are being exposed by coastal erosion One example can be found on Clinker Beach in East Tilbury, along the foreshore of the River Thames in Essex ...

The task is monumental. The first step is to understand the scale of the problem and know which of the thousands of historic landfill sites pose the greatest risk to human and environmental health.

Reporter Amber Haque investigates a Staffordshire landfill which residents claim has affected their health and examines the potentially toxic legacy of historic landfill sites.

Historic landfills are defined by the Environment Agency as “sites where there is no environmental permit in force”. They generally predate the 1994 waste management licensing regulations. They also ...