A letter in defence of the use of by councils private contractors to hand out on-the-spot fines for littering
Rise of the litter police: council areas where you are 20 times more likely to be fined By Hayley Dixon, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT and Patrick Scott , DATA JOURNALIST 17 NOVEMBER 2017 • 9:30PM The use of “litter police” is on the rise as councils which “incentivise” private companies to hand out fines see members of […]
Only one of the 33 London Boroughs seems to be making use of Penalty Charge Notices for littering from vehicles
Please refer to Penalty Notices for littering (including from vehicles) Wandsworth Borough Council had issued the following number of notices for this offence: 2013/14 – 78 (4 were appealed) 2014/15 – 64 (2 appeals) 2015/16 – 19 (0 appeals) 2016/17 – 51 (0 appeals) Source: info enquiry 19th June 2015 and info enquiry 9th March 2017 The appeals […]
In Ireland 50 motorists fined for dropping litter from their vehicles using CCTV evidence
the leader of that opposition seems to be Eric Pickles
