@houghtonc79@TheGriftReport it's a pretty tenuous argument, but petty tenuous arguments are what the council will spend significant amounts of time on, usually based on the principle of never backing down
@BossBiker@TheGriftReport So I've collected my letter from the post office, opened it and am not allowed to bin the envelope it came in? Which fuck wit came up with that rule ffs. It's a bin, for rubbish and waste. Fair enough don't put the packaging from your new 65 inch TV in it but an envelope!!
🚨 COUNCIL MADNESS: FATHER OF TWO SLAPPED WITH £1,000 FLY-TIPPING FINE… FOR PUTTING AN EMPTY ENVELOPE IN A LITTER BIN!
Nidas Ratkevicius, 47, from Hounslow, dropped a single empty envelope into a public bin. Council traced it back to him via his name and address and hit him with a massive £1,000 penalty notice for “fly-tipping”.
He said: “It’s like taking bread from my family… £1,000 is huge. I thought it was a joke.”
Hounslow Council defended its “zero tolerance” policy, claiming fly-tipping costs £4 million a year in taxpayers’ money.
Fine has now been paused.
@houghtonc79@TheGriftReport domestic waste goes in the domestic waste bin, public litter bins are for litter generated while out in public, such as the newspaper from one's battered sausage or the skin from a Lychee.
Absurd to the point where there must be more to it than utter stupidity