A couple from London was fined £400 for “fly tipping” because they put their bins out at the wrong time.

#FOI figures show in 2022, 3GS and the council issued 4,751 fines for “litter-related offences”.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/couples-fury-over-400-fine-29591252

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism #Litter #Bins

More #FOIFriday stories: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/03/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-31-3-2023-foifriday/

As many as 1,500 bins across Kent are being missed each week, new figures have revealed.

Data obtained through #FOI requests shows residents' waste has gone uncollected more than 155,000 times over the last 2 years.

https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2023-03-09/as-many-as-1500-bin-collections-missed-each-week-in-kent-figures-reveal

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism #bins #bincollections #rubbish

More #FOIFriday stories: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/03/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-10-3-2023-foifriday/

The council website clearly states it's bin day as normal tomorrow but NONE of the neighbours have put their bins out, even the old grumpy fella at 21 who everyone else looks to for bin movements.

What to do? 🤔

#Bins

@james #Bins #BinChat

Our #bins normally go out on a Wednesday night but we've just had Christmas so it'll be a day later this week. We suspected as much but checked the council website just to be certain. Because we're sensible. Our neighbours - who are, by any measure, morons - put their bins out two days ago.

BIIIIIIIIIIIINS!

#Bins

"Malmo has introduced bins that "talk dirty" in a bid to discourage people from dropping rubbish in the streets. The objective of the campaign is to get people talking about what is really dirty, dropping rubbish."

#Rubbish #Bins #Recycling #Sweden

https://www.euronews.com/2022/06/13/ooooh-right-there-yeah-sexy-bins-talk-dirty-in-bid-to-stop-littering-in-malmo