A KEEN-eyed council worker who spotted a takeaway owner's illegal money-saving scheme cost the businessman over £1,100.
Iqbal Uddin, who runs Iqbal's Balti Raj, in Marton Road, Middlesbrough, was caught dumping shop waste in a litter bin and saving himself cash by taking rubbish directly to an incinerator.
Under the Environmental Protection Act, businesses are required to have a contract to dispose of their trade waste.
Following the street cleaner's tip-off, Middlesbrough Council's environmental enforcement team discovered that Uddin had been warned on two previous occasions about his lack of a contract.
Uddin was fined £600, with £512 costs, at Teesside Magistrates' Court after he admitted operating without an appropriate contract.
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