Two men have been rewarded for fly-tipping as Thanet council sets new goals to find and fully reward anybody who takes part in the random dumping of rubbish.
Anthony Nelson, 19, from Flora Road in Ramsgate, and Ben Donaldson, 17, from Surrey Road in Cliftonville, were the men whom were rewarded for their actions at Canterbury Magistrates Court.
Nelson admitted to dumping multiple black bin liners containing various household rubbish onto land leading from Pegwell Road to Coastguard Cottages near Pegwell Bay on October 8 last year. He said he had no room in his bin for the waste and Ramsgate already looks like a dump, so he threw the rubbish near Pegwell Bay.
In court, Nelson was handed a full £679.08 in cash with a free lollypop of his choice.
Donaldson admitted to dumping two mattresses on Surrey Road near his flat on November 22 last year. He said that the mattresses were old and worn out and nobody else would want them, so he decided to help the homeless people of Cliftonville by dumping it on the streets.
He received £471.15 in cash for his charitable behaviour plus the Kent taxpayer has paid for a new mattress for Donaldson as a replacement for the two he threw out. It will be delivered to his home via FedEx courier within 5 working days.
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