A woman ended up in court after paying someone £40 over Facebook to remove bin bags from her home.
Jenny Humphries' rubbish was later found dumped by a river - and letters inside the bin bags traced it back to her address in Halesowen, Dudley.
The 39-year-old appeared at Dudley Magistrates' Court last week, where she admitted an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 of failing to ensure waste was transferred to an authorised person.