Labour council fines woman £600 for single piece of cardboard litter

Labour council fines woman £600 for single piece of cardboard litter

Wood Green resident says scrap paper bearing her name and address must have ‘fallen out of full bin’

Council slaps woman with £600 fine after 'piece of cardboard blown out of bin'

A council has slapped a woman with a £600 fine after a "piece of cardboard blew out of the bin" and caused her to litter.Francesca Poncetta said she was sent a letter regarding a small piece of rubbish found on the street near her home in Wood Green, north London.The scrap had her name and address printed on it. The 32-year-old insisted she always took her cardboard boxes apart before placing them in her recycling - and she believed the wind had…

Labour-run council issues £600 fine over single piece of cardboard litter

A letter sent to the woman informed her she had to pay £300 within the first 14 days, or the fine would increase to £600.

Woman fined £600 by local council 'after piece of cardboard flew out of bin' - Manchester Evening News

She thought the letter was a joke at first

'Council sent me £600 fine after piece of card flew out of my bin' - The Mirror

Freelance photographer Francesca Poncetta, 32, thought it was a joke

North London woman sent £600 fine after 'piece of card flew out of bin' on 'windy day'

Francesca Poncetta thought it was a joke at first