Environment Agency | A Weston-super-Mare company boss blamed a sacked employee for pollution that killed more than 300 fish in the River Banwell.
Brooke Additives Ltd discharged clear liquid high in ammonia into a rhyne feeding the River Banwell between April and June 2023. Tests and CCTV showed a pipe from its AdBlue plant caused fish kills over a 2 km stretch. The company was fined £3,600 and ordered to pay £5,119.18 in costs and surcharge.
