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A warning is being sounded by Horsham District Council after nearly a tonne of recycled materials had to be dumped at a landfill site.

The council says that a five-litre container of used engine oil had been placed in a recycling bin, polluting the materials.

A spokesperson said: “The outcome was just under a tonne of carefully collected recycling had to be removed from the back of the truck and disposed of at a landfill facility.

Horsham recycling truck dumps materials after oil pollution