�75 fine for man who put his rubbish in the bin

[AB Asks]

A man thought putting his rubbish in a public litter bin was a good idea seeing as he had to wait another fortnight before his next rubbish collection. The council traced the man after finding a letter addressed to him amongst the rubbish. They accused him of flytipping and demanded a �75 fine to be paid. What do you think? Was this man right to put his rubbish in a public bin rather than wait a fortnight until it is collected? Or are the council being unreasonable, they are not providing enough rubbish collections; therefore people are finding other ways to dispose of their waste?

[Ethel]

I have done the exact same thing myself occasionally - when we have fortnightly collection due to bank holidays (my bin day is Monday).

Fish heads and raw meat bones - I have wrapped them tightly in a small parcel and put them in the litter bin which I know is emptied daily.
These are the very foodstuffs that quickly start to smell and will attract the local foxes, cats and rats. We are not allowed to put a dustbin out - we have to put the black bin bag out the night before collection is due.

So I sympathise with the man - if it was a small packet he put in the bin, and not a binful.

The mess that these vermin make ripping into bags - usually to get the soiled nappies, has to be seen to be believed. And the council don't clear this up.

[Gromit]

society

"...send a message to the council alerting them how urgent it is that we need better service. "

The council had only emptied his bin 3 days before.

The refuse contained food waste which should have been in a bin with a lid on it. The bin he used in the street had no lid so would be accessible by vermin.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles /news/news.html?in_article_id=487781&in_page_i d=1770

[rabet]

IggyB says that everyone knows that you can't put household waste in a litter bin ~ well I for one didn't know this. He/she also doubts if the person concerned really does have his rubbish collected only at fortnightly intervals. I can tell you that where I live this is certainly the case and it is a nightmare, even though we are a household of only two people. How large families manage I can't imagine.