Bio-degradable litter.

[Ricky_M]

Whats the law on throwing stuff like apple cores and banana skins into hedgerows or verges, being a passenger, not a driver? I often do this in work and just wondering if its an offence?

[Puggit]

If you're caught by a council jobsworth, you will be fined. I've seen press regarding discarded chips and apple cores.

However, if you fight it then it's a council jobsworth's word against your's - can't see how it could stand up without further evidence...

[streaky]

Puggit said:

If you're caught by a council jobsworth, you will be fined. I've seen press regarding discarded chips and apple cores.

However, if you fight it then it's a council jobsworth's word against your's - can't see how it could stand up without further evidence...

Council jobsworths appear to be granted the same attributes of total honesty, integrity and memory-recall as many magistrates give absolutely to police officers, but not others. The principle of "guilty until proven innocent" is rife ... especially where money (fines and so-called "penalty charges&quot is concerned. After all, the pension pots have to be topped up - Streaky

[Don]

FishFace said:

I think it has to "deface the location" or something similar.

That sounds reasonable. Banana skins and apple cores can be horrid, stinking waste in the wrong place - alternatively they could simply rot away and fertilise the ground unnoticed if thrown into a hedgerow with a bit of thought and consideration.

So its going to depend on the circumstances isn't it? Hedgerow - probably fine - pavement - probably not OK.

[Puggit]

Don said:

FishFace said:

I think it has to "deface the location" or something similar.

That sounds reasonable. Banana skins and apple cores can be horrid, stinking waste in the wrong place - alternatively they could simply rot away and fertilise the ground unnoticed if thrown into a hedgerow with a bit of thought and consideration.

So its going to depend on the circumstances isn't it? Hedgerow - probably fine - pavement - probably not OK.

We're dealing with council jobsworths here, and you are affording them the luxury of discretion