A woman has been fined £400 after tidying her local car park and putting other people's litter in the bin. Olivia Post cleared up the mess into a council bin but was told the bin outside her home could only be used for 'litter' and not domestic waste, and slapped with a fine of hundreds of pounds.
After foxes and seagulls tore apart the bins outside Ms Post's flat block, she cleared up the mess and put it in the nearest bin. But by clearing up other people’s broken egg shells and litter from outside her flat, putting it in a council waste bag, and leaving it in a council bin, she had reportedly broken section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Animals tore open the rubbish again, leaving post on the floor, and an enforcement officer handed Ms Post a £400 Fixed Penalty Notice. Two other people in the same flats were also fined .
