An 11-year-old boy and his family have been threatened with a £900 fine for leaving a Lego bag filled with cardboard next to a full recycling bin.
Pippa Gibbons, her partner and young son all received letters from Bristol City Council warning them they would be forced to pay hundreds for leaving the rubbish outside the communal recycling bin outside their flats in St Pauls.
The three cardboard boxes were left at the bins outside the family's home in Brigstocke Road after five attempts to recycle them properly and had the name of each member on the packaging.
