A man from Bath has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 after being caught fly-tipping.
Robert Hooper, 21, of Camden Road, was given a 12-month supervision order and sentenced to 120 hours unpaid work as part of a community order. He was also ordered to pay £1,010 in costs plus a £60 victim's surcharge by magistrates in Yate.
Hooper pleaded guilty to transporting and fly tipping ten carrier bags of household rubbish on private land at Frampton Cotterell, at the end of a lane popular with walkers.
When interviewed by South Gloucestershire Council officers, Hooper confirmed that the waste was his, but claimed that he had given it to a friend to dispose of on his behalf. He was served with a legal notice requiring him to disclose the name of this person, but he refused.
The chair of the council's communities committee, Councillor Claire Young, said: "Household waste can easily be disposed of legally so there is no excuse for fly-tipping. This clearly demonstrates our zero tolerance policy to the illegal dumping of waste. If you fly tip rubbish in South Gloucestershire, you can always expect to be caught and prosecuted."