A 26-year-old car wash manager from West Drayton has been fined after he spoilt a country lane near a recycling centre by dumping rubbish bags.
Trixi-Norbert Baltag, of Drayton Gardens in West Drayton, was caught by a CCTV camera targeting fly tippers in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, on July 17 last year.
He claimed the waste had been dumped by someone else at the car wash where he worked as a manager and that he had not known what else to do with it.
Chairman of the Waste Partnership for Buckinghamshire, Sir Beville Stanier, said: “This case shows the value of surveillance cameras targeting fly-tipping hot spots.
“There was nothing traceable in this dumped waste and no one saw Mr Baltag dumping, and yet the case was still brought to court.
“People should take note that if they dump waste illegally in Buckinghamshire, they could well be caught and prosecuted.”
Baltag pleaded guilty at High Wycombe Magistrates' Court on Wednesday (March 1) and was fined £738, ordered to pay clean up and prosecution costs of £1,136.69 and a victim surcharge of £74.
The fines totaled £1,948.69.
CCTV footage shows Baltag dumping the sacks of compost from his van.
The site where the bags were dumped was just metres from the household waste recycling centres in Crowpiece Lane
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