Litterbugs are brought before the court
Thirty litterbugs have been hauled before the courts in the last year after failing to pay fixed penalty notices for dropping rubbish in Stoke-on-Trent.
They were handed fines totalling £5,215 with the highest individual charge being £500.
The city council's enforcement team is now warning other would-be culprits that they too could face the same fate if they are caught flouting the law.
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To help achieve this aim, dedicated officers patrol the city streets in a bid to clamp down on people dropping litter.
Those caught doing so are issued with an £80 fixed penalty notice. If they pay this within seven days, it is reduced to £50.
owever, if they refuse to pay they will be brought before the Magistrates Court and could receive a fine of up to £2,500.
Councillor Andy Platt, cabinet member for green enterprise and clean city, said the city council would take a zero tolerance approach to anyone caught flouting the law by dropping rubbish on the street.
He added: "In our Mandate for Change we pledged to make Stoke-on-Trent a great place to live and keeping the city clean and tidy is vital to achieving that aim. Our residents have told us that this is important to them. We have listened and will continue to take action."
Litter not only makes the city look unattractive but can cause further problems like attracting pests. Smoking related rubbish is now the UK's biggest litter problem, with cigarette litter reported to be found on 78 per cent of our streets.
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by arthurheath1
Sunday, February 17 2013, 5:25PM
“Unbelievably, these people actually divulge their names and addresses to these jumped up little Hitler's without any obligation to do so.
The solution is to tell them nothing, and what can they do?”
by FFDP1
Saturday, February 16 2013, 10:51AM
“I read one report last week that said that one London council had made spitting in the street an offence. This should happen hear as well, just can not be doing with it, dirty habit. I see dirty b**gers up to it every day.”
by FFDP1
Saturday, February 16 2013, 10:43AM
“No Real Stokie, the rods to good for them, we need to chop there ruddy hands off, let's see them drop rubbish then, they won't be able to pit anything up to drop :-)”
by Real_Stokie
Friday, February 15 2013, 7:18AM
“Stop ***** footing around with littering and dog fouling by issuing fines. These people need the rod.”
by twotache
Thursday, February 14 2013, 9:37PM
“Hope they raise enough money to pay for the white elephant up Hanley”
by wolstantonboy
Thursday, February 14 2013, 7:48PM
“Hope they get enough money to pay for the repair all of the pot holes in the local roads!”
by wolstantonboy
Thursday, February 14 2013, 7:46PM
“Hope they generate enough money to pay for repairing all the pot holes in the roads.”
by Potter46
Thursday, February 14 2013, 7:45PM
“The council should try cruising around all the takeaways we have in this city, they would make a fortune.”
by twotache
Thursday, February 14 2013, 5:09PM
“Dropping litter is disgusting and is a real problem in Stoke-on-Trent. Everywhere you go there is litter or fly tipping. Hopefully this will deter people.”
by roob57
Thursday, February 14 2013, 5:04PM
“Litter not only makes the city look unattractive but can cause further problems like attracting pests.
So does the boarded up shops, swathes of derelict land, uncut grass verges etc, etc.”