Permit review at A Lewis and Co waste fire site, Nantyglo

A watchdog has announced that a waste site in Wales which caught fire earlier this year and burned for over 10 days failed to meet environmental standards.

The company A Lewis and Co, who’s site is based in Nantyglo, Blaenau Gwent said it believed the fire was started deliberately.

Some waste that was moved onto nearby council land as firefighters attempted to tackle the blaze has still to be removed.

Rhys Williams, speaking on behalf of A Lewis and Co, said the firm was in discussions with Blaenau Gwent council over who was responsible for the waste, which was now more expensive to remove after becoming waterlogged during efforts to tackle the fire.

“Landfill tax is on weight. When it was on here – let’s say there were 400 tonnes of it – that 400 tonnes was soaked and doused by the fire brigade for a week and a half,” he said.

“It now weighs twice or three times what it did. Therefore, the financial consequences of that are not of our making.”