The Environment Agency revoked a trader's licence to carry waste after he was convicted of fly-tipping, burning waste and false advertising on Facebook.
The operator of CC Waste Removal & Clearance, pleaded guilty to four environmental and one Trading Standards offence at Swindon Magistrates Court in June.
The court saw video footage shot by a passing Ministry of Defence helicopter taken on 17 November 2021 of the operator dumping waste and setting a mattress alight on land owned by Wilts & Berks Canal Trust in Melksham.
On top of the court's sentence, which included £1,295 fine and costs, the Environment Agency, working with Wiltshire Council, revoked the operator's licence to carry waste to prevent any further waste-related criminal activity.
Stephanie Marriott from the Environment Agency said: "The culprit used Facebook to advertise his services, illegally referring to his business as ‘fully audited’ by the Environment Agency. This was a lie".
"Holding a waste carrier’s licence means signing up to a commitment to properly dispose of waste in the right place. And if you break that commitment, we revoke your licence".
Cllr Dr Mark McClelland, Wiltshire Council Cabinet Member for Waste, said: "We will not tolerate fly-tipping in Wiltshire and will continue to work closely with partnership agencies to prosecute anyone who believes that they can flout the rules and blight our communities and environment".
