Only 40 people fined in over 6 months???

Not a day goes by that I dont see someone throw litter onto the floor, usually cigarette ends, although if its from a car frequently it is also the empty packet and the celophane from the new packet. We need more officers, they should be fining 40 people a day, and while they have them, perhaps a fine for dangerous driving, as it cant possibly be safe to unwrap a packet of cigarettes, withdraw one and apply a naked flame to it whilst driving !

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good to hear – i wish the council in shrewsbury would take such a stance – have you seen the amount of litter around the Battlefield Link Road (mostly shrink wrap from the warehouses) and the Meole Retail Park (mostly sainsbury’s orange plastic carrier bags) Its disgusting, we must all use less plastic, be more careful with our waste generally and the Council must show some leadership and push up recycling and recovery and get really tough of litter yobs, individuals and big corporations alike

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Hammer the louts I say – let them have both barrels their behaviour sickens me

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one thing T & C council is doing correctly at least.
Now how about rounding up some of the feral youngsters on the streets and sorting out the 70′s planning problem which is Sutton Hill, brookside and woodside

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David, I’ve been smoking in my cars for over 20 years and have never dropped one in my lap. And I drive >20,000 miles per year.

What I do watch out for when pitching my cigarette butt out of the window is for motorcyclists or drivers of open convertibles behind. What I don’t wish to do is fiddle around with the ashtray lid (which in the Jag is quite a stretch), and spend precious seconds with my body at an acute angle attempting to put it out.

I fully applaud blatant litterers being fined for – say – fly tipping large quantities of refuse in unauthorised areas (or those idiots who – at my local park – saw it fit to throw dozens of beer bottles and the associated packaging over a large area frequented by children and dog walkers). But £400 for pitching a cigarette butt from a car window???? That would mean, with strict enforcement at all times – when both stationary and driving – myself (and no doubt all other “dirty tabbers”) being fined £730,000 per year. For depositing approx. 0.011 cubic metres of “litter”.

The words “sense” and “perspective” need to apply here.

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Bill-e, you are Stalin and I claim my £5 :-)

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