Man Fined for Dropping Litter in the Street
Date of Release: Fri 5th February, 2010
A carelessly dropped cigarette end has cost a Loughborough man more than £450 in fines and legal fees.
Charnwood Borough Council took action against 52-year-old George Clarke, of Manor Drive, after he was caught littering in the town’s Southfield Road last August.
He was ordered to pay a £175 fine, £276.38 in costs and a £15 victim surcharge by Loughborough Magistrates on Tuesday (February 2) after he failed to pay a fixed penalty notice issued by a street warden who witnessed the incident.
Hilary Fryer, Cabinet Member for the Environment at Charnwood Borough Council, said: “One dropped cigarette may not seem much, but litter breeds litter.
“Litter is a huge problem and an estimated 28.5 million tonnes of waste are collected in England every year.
“If everyone put their litter in the bin it would save millions of pounds a year and make communities look and feel better.”