A man was sent to throw piles of rubbish onto wasteland in Salford on his first day in a new job, but was caught on CCTV.
In a six-minute dumping session Hoshmand Latif Mahmood, along with a second man, threw cardboard, metal, plastics, polystyrene, wood and general waste onto land at Elton Street in January this year.
As well as being spread over a wide area, it posed a fire risk to nearby premises.
Mahmood arrived at the dumping ground around 6.40pm on 15 January in a transit van plastered with signage for a polish bakery, Polska Cukiernia Ltd.
But a court heard Mahmood, a 21-year-old supermarket worker, had said in interview he was just helping a friend empty a bin, and apologised.
Salford City Council, which prosecuted him in court, said the money spent clearing up his rubbish could be better spent on cash-strapped services.
He was fined £500, ordered to pay £876.64 in costs and compensation to Salford City Council and a victim surcharge of £50.
Mr Mahmood told the court he was still employed by the Krakow bakery in Cheetham Hill and worked part time while studing at college.
He accepted he had made a big mistake and it was very wrong to do what he did.
Speaking after the case Councillor Gena Merrett, assistant mayor for housing and environment said: “Businesses must have proper arrangements in place for disposing of trade waste. Dumping a van load of rubbish in a Salford city street is certainly not the right way to do things.
“Every penny we spend cleaning up unnecessary messes like this is a penny that could have been better spent on services to vulnerable people in the city.
Last year Salford City Council launched Operation Pandora to crack down on flytipping across the city. So far it has prosecuted 28 offenders, resulting in fines of more than £26,000.
Salford City Council receives 283 reports every month of incidents of illegal dumping/fly-tipping and spends approximately £140,000 every year investigating and clearing up after flytippers. This cost is met by the council tax and business rate payers of Salford.
