The Government has introduced new Regulations that relax decades of chemical safety laws and critical oversight, risking public health and the environment for the sake of industry convenience. Their own documents claim safety should be balanced against economic growth.

Help us challenge this dangerous deregulation and prevent toxic substances entering the UK market where they could cause damage for generations to come.

For years, water companies have been selling or giving away toxic sewage sludge for use as a fertilizer. This sludge, contaminated with dioxins, furans, microplastics, and ‘forever chemicals’ like PFAS, poses risks to human health and soil quality.

We instigated a legal challenge that put this issue on the map, leading to calls by the Independent Water Commission to regulate sludge, and a Defra consultation on reforming the permitting rules.

Every year, the UK exports 55 million used tyres, most of which end up in dangerous, unregulated pyrolysis plants in India. This illegal trade, linked to organised crime, has been taking place in plain sight of the Environment Agency for over a decade and causes untold suffering in developing nations.

Our legal challenge forced the Agency to admit fault, conducting an international investigation, changing the law, and introducing a new national waste exports team to clean up this mess.