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Edinburger
Original Poster
2,509 posts
38 months
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Jasandjules
45,858 posts
99 months
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Well at least we know the car isn't just a cash cow for the Govt...
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garyhun
14,118 posts
98 months
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Worlds gone mad. Not only bio degradae but food for animals.
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Robb F
3,844 posts
41 months
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To be fair I'd be annoyed if people dropped apple cores in built up areas on pavements on the like but wouldn't mind at all in the countryside.
It would be a bit difficult to enforce a different rule in each area so there is a blanket ban on all litter, no matter what it is. And he got fined £50 but failed to pay which is his own fault.
So I agree it's silly but can perhaps see it from the other side.
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PurpleMoonlight
1,382 posts
27 months
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Edinburger said: What do you think of this?
As a driver who throws a banana skin and and apple core out of my window every day - on the basis they're biodegradable - I'm shocked! s  t is biodegradable but would you s t on the street?
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SmoothCriminal
1,016 posts
69 months
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t t shouldave paid or contested it instead he chose to'forget' and instead of £50 has to pay over £200 bet he won't forget next time.
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Edinburger
Original Poster
2,509 posts
38 months
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garyhun said: Worlds gone mad. Not only bio degradae but food for animals. Exactly. He'd have deserved the fine if it had been a mars bar wrapper, but an apple core...??
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Edinburger
Original Poster
2,509 posts
38 months
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PurpleMoonlight said: Edinburger said: What do you think of this?
As a driver who throws a banana skin and and apple core out of my window every day - on the basis they're biodegradable - I'm shocked! s t is biodegradable but would you s t on the street? Would you object if I threw a leaf out of the window?
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Grenoble
8,271 posts
25 months
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Edinburger said: What do you think of this?
As a driver who throws a banana skin and and apple core out of my window every day - on the basis they're biodegradable - I'm shocked! http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/24/bananas-litter-hikers-mountains-scotland You know it takes 2 years?
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Edinburger
Original Poster
2,509 posts
38 months
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Grenoble said: Edinburger said: What do you think of this?
As a driver who throws a banana skin and and apple core out of my window every day - on the basis they're biodegradable - I'm shocked! http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/24/bananas-litter-hikers-mountains-scotland You know it takes 2 years? 2 years of food to some animals...
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Grenoble
8,271 posts
25 months
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Don't get me wrong - I'm partly in agreement.
But banana skins are something I bin...
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Edinburger
Original Poster
2,509 posts
38 months
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Grenoble said: Don't get me wrong - I'm partly in agreement.
But banana skins are something I bin... Just seems strange to me. And where I live, banana skins go in the smae bin as grass and garden waste...
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Fozziebear
462 posts
10 months
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It takes 3-5 weeks for a banana skin to degrade, most bugs/insects will mulch them down. It all depends on the environmental conditions, can't see them degrading quickly on a cold hill top. Apples, pears and most other fruit would be eaten within a few hours by birds and hedgehogs, it's pop cans and fag ends they need to be worried about, all the fag ends put down drains that swell up overtime and block them, then you have the filtered chemicals that go into the water table
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Rick101
799 posts
20 months
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What if he threw it roadside under an apple tree?
Ridiculous for fining him in the first place, silly him for not sticking to his guns and embarrassing them in court.
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PurpleMoonlight
1,382 posts
27 months
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Rick101 said: What if he threw it roadside under an apple tree?
Ridiculous for fining him in the first place, silly him for not sticking to his guns and embarrassing them in court. Perhaps worth reading the link before posting embarrassing comments ....
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Rick101
799 posts
20 months
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PurpleMoonlight said: Perhaps worth reading the link before posting embarrassing comments .... I did read the link, not sure what you're getting at. My point is, apples fall from trees and biodegrade. If he threw the core under an apple tree would he have still been fined?
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Rick101
799 posts
20 months
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PurpleMoonlight said: s t is biodegradable but would you s t on the street? And in answer to this, no, but i've s t in a hedge more than once.
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PurpleMoonlight
1,382 posts
27 months
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Rick101 said: I did read the link, not sure what you're getting at.
My point is, apples fall from trees and biodegrade. If he threw the core under an apple tree would he have still been fined? Yes. One is a natural occuring event, the other is intentional littering.
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Rick101
799 posts
20 months
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Consequence of the 'littering'?
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PurpleMoonlight
1,382 posts
27 months
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Rick101 said: Consequence of the 'littering'? £50 fine.
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