Eight shopping trolleys full of builders' rubble was dumped near a recycling area at a supermarket.

Giorgo Nasso, 43, and Tzortzi Viezi, have pleaded guilty to allowing two men to dump black bags, boxes, rubbish, and rubble at Morrisons, St Albans, in December last year.

St Albans District Council officers were able to trace the rubble to the Souvlaki restaurant in Hatfield Road, where building work was ongoing.

At St Albans Magistrates Court on Wednesday, the two restaurant directors pleaded guilty to failing to properly dispose of controlled waste.

They were ordered to pay costs of £579 altogether - including a £218 fine, compensation of £96 to the council, a victim surcharge of £30, and legal costs of £235.

Councillor Chris White, the council leader and responsible for climate and the environment, said: "This was another successful prosecution that we have brought for flytipping, the fourth this year.

"Flytips are a blight on our community as they are a hazard, an eyesore and cost council taxpayers a considerable amount of money to clear up.

"We are determined to clamp down on this crime by tracking down offenders and taking tough and appropriate action against them.

"In this case, we had the directors of a restaurant allowing the flytipping of a considerable amount of builders’ waste. That is not how we expect businesses in the district to behave."