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Locals fear they could be given a £1,000 fly-tipping fine for donating clothes – after officials launched a hunt for four people who left bags next to charity drop-off bins.
Slough Council came under fire for accusing the quartet of dumping their rubbish next to charity containers at Everett’s Corner between Bath Road and Elmshott Lane.
The authority posted CCTV footage of the alleged fly-tippers online asking anyone who recognised them to get in touch.
But many locals immediately came to their defence insisting the charity bins were most likely full and the alleged offenders had simply been ‘dropping off clothes’.
Russ Bourner said: ‘They’re not simply donating clothes to a bin that’s already full, are they?’
Dickson Pereira added: ‘They are donating clothes.’
Kanwal Baig said: ‘Erm they are donating to the charity bins which are clearly visible in the photos.
‘Shame on you Slough Council.’
The authority posted CCTV footage of the alleged fly-tippers online asking anyone who recognised them to get in touch
Four people were accused of dumping their rubbish next to charity containers at Everett’s Corner between Bath Road and Elmshott Lane
The council insisted: ‘The bins are not full and the rubbish dumped was not clothes’
The council has hit back at the suggestions, saying ‘the rubbish dumped was not clothes’.
In their initial call for witnesses Slough Council said: ‘Tell us who these flytippers are?
‘Caught on camera at Everett’s Corner over the last few days and nights.
‘These four fly-tippers came on foot, so help us identify them.’
Following the backlash, a spokesman added: ‘The bins are not full and the rubbish dumped was not clothes.
‘Even if it was clothing, if it isn’t in the bin, it’s flytipping.
‘If that is what they were doing [donating clothes] we wouldn’t be posting the photos and asking for help in identifying them.
‘The rubbish was dumped outside the bins and isn’t clothing.
Kanwal Baig said: ‘Erm they are donating to the charity bins which are clearly visible in the photos’
Councillor Ejaz Ahmed, lead member for public protection, added: ‘Fly-tipping in Slough has reached an all-time high’ (file image)
‘Even if it was clothing it is still fly-tipping which costs taxpayers’ money to clear up.
‘If it was people just using the bins we wouldn’t be trying to track them down.’
Slough Council says it has launched a crackdown on fly-tippers.
Councillor Ejaz Ahmed, lead member for public protection, added: ‘Fly-tipping in Slough has reached an all-time high.
‘And it seems the only way to get through to people – a lot of whom are repeat offenders – is to catch them and fine them.’
