THE owner of a Barrow recycling firm is due in court after being charged with dumping the contents of a skip in a back alley.
Sinkfall Recycling boss Brian Armistead is due to appear at Furness Magistrates' Court on Monday.
The businessman is being prosecuted by Barrow Borough Council for allegedly depositing the contents of a skip, household waste, in a back alley at the rear of a property in Wordsworth Street in Barrow town centre on June 14 of this year.
Armistead, who lives at Sinkfall Farm in Rakesmoor Lane, Barrow, set up Sinkfall Recycling more than 15 years ago.
The company hires out skips to businesses and domestic customers as well as supplying top soil and compost.
Monday's court schedule also includes a listing for the company Sinkfall Recycling, registered at an address in Whinfell in Kendal. The firm is charged with failing to comply with a duty under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 relating to the same alleged offence as Armistead.
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