A WASTE contractor for Bournemouth council has been dumping rubbish bags in the bins at MP Tobias Ellwood’s Boscombe office.

The bins belong to Boscombe Conservative Club in Haviland Road West, to which Mr Ellwood’s office pays rent and a fee for their use.

CCTV footage from the club shows waste workers from Watson Contract Cleaning Services, a contractor for Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset councils, dumping bin bags on three consecutive Sundays – August 19 and 26 and September 2.

Club manager Tony Carpenter said his staff had been puzzled why their bins, for which they pay £1,200 a year to the council, kept filling up.

"Our cleaner mentioned it about three or four weeks ago and I said I would take a look, but we have been quite busy and I never got round to it," he said.

“Then on Sunday morning my wife went to empty the bottle bank and saw the recycling bin filled up with bin bags. It was empty the night before.

“I had a look at the CCTV and there he was, so I went back and checked a few other Sundays. I couldn't believe it.

“It is shocking and a bit despicable really, this company is paid by council tax payers to take the rubbish away to the proper tip not bloody dump it in our bins.

“I think they should contribute towards our waste bill, I haven’t had time to check the CCTV on other days of the week so who knows how long this has been going on.

"I can't find out as our CCTV only goes back a month.”

Stuart Best, Bournemouth council’s street service manager, said the borough had seen the CCTV footage and was “fully investigating this serious matter”.

When contacted by the Echo, Watson Contract Cleaning Services similarly said it was carrying out an investigation having received a complaint.

It had not provided any further comment by the Echo's deadline.

Mr Carpenter said he had received an email from the council saying it was taking the matter "very seriously", and an email from Watson apologising for any difficulties caused.