FOI release

Request for 36 notice issued to Mid-UK Recycling Limited

This request was refused in part, so we didn't provide some of the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference EIR2026/48682

Received 8 October 2026

Published 13 October 2026

Request

Please can I request a copy of a regulation 36 notice issued to Mid-UK Recycling Limited in 2018 and referenced in CAR form 73004/0312474

Response

We respond to requests for information that we hold under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). The Regulations requires that we respond to requests by advising you whether information is held or not, and if so by providing you with that information.

 

Information provided

 

36 notice issued to Mid-UK Recycling Limited in 2018 and referenced in CAR form

 

Please refer to the Open Government Licence which explains the permitted use of this information.

 

 

Reg 13(1) EIR - Other People's Personal Data

 

Redacted data

 

We are unable to disclose the names in the report as this is personal data under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) and to disclose it would breach the First Data Protection Principle of the DPA 2018. The information requested is therefore exempt due to Regulation 13(1) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, which explains that:

 

"To the extent that the information requested includes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject, a public authority must not disclose the personal data if-

 

(a)  the first condition is satisfied…"

 

The 'first condition' referred to above is further explained in Regulation 13(2)(a):

 

"The first condition is that the disclosure of the information to a member of the public otherwise than under these Regulations-

 

(a)  would contravene any of the data protection principles…"

 

It is our view that some of the information requested would identify individuals, and that its disclosure would therefore contravene the First Data Protection Principle of the Data Protection Act 2018.

 

There is no requirement to conduct a public interest test when refusing information on this ground.

 

Rights of appeal

 

If you are not satisfied with our decision, you can contact us within two calendar months to ask for the decision to be reviewed. We will then conduct an internal review of our response to your request and give you our decision in writing within 40 working days.

 

To contact us, please reply directly to this email and quote the Case reference for this request - EIR2026/48682.

 

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the internal review, you can then make an appeal to the Information Commissioner Office, the statutory regulator for the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please follow this link to the ICO online complaints portal. The address is: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.

 

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