A BARNSLEY man who paid an unlicensed company to dispose of his waste has been ordered to pay a total of £420 in fines and costs.
Ryan Andrew Catton, 28, of Tinglebridge Lane, Hemingfield, paid a company to dispose of bags and boxes of household waste in July this year.However, the waste was found fly-tipped just 200 yards from his property.
Catton appeared at Barnsley Magistrates' Court where he pleaded guilty to an offence contrary to Section 34(2A) and 34(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
He was fined £150 plus costs of £250 and a £20 victim surcharge.
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