Police take action after discovering unidentified trash bags: 'We will not tolerate [this]'
A dispute over a handful of rubbish bags has escalated into a £780 ($1,040) fine in Basildon, a borough in Essex about 30 miles east of London.
The town's council is making it clear that fly-tipping (improper waste disposal), even at a small scale, comes with environmental costs that it is no longer willing to absorb.
As The Echo reported, the resident, identified as Ms Apetrei, was first cited with a Fixed Penalty Notice covering 16 sacks of dumped waste. She pushed back, insisting throughout the
A dispute over a handful of rubbish bags has escalated into a £780 ($1,040) fine in Basildon, a borough in Essex about 30 miles east of London.
The town's council is making it clear that fly-tipping (improper waste disposal), even at a small scale, comes with environmental costs that it is no longer willing to absorb.
As The Echo reported, the resident, identified as Ms Apetrei, was first cited with a Fixed Penalty Notice covering 16 sacks of dumped waste. She pushed back, insisting throughout the
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