Richmond Council U-turn on £150 fine for coffee poured in drain
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Burcu Yesilyurt, who poured coffee down a drain in Richmond, welcomed the cancellation of the "disproportionate" fine.
  • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    18 hours ago

    The fact that that happens is not a reason to allow free dumping into the storm drains though. There’s not a ready solution for motor oil drips that happen to leak from a truck. There is a solution to homeowners wanting to dispose of 4 quarts of oil after an oil change.

    The dumping laws make sense, this was just a stupid application of them.