'HYNDBURN residents face £100 fines for what a council is labelling 'bin sins'.
But the borough's MP has described the penalties as a 'bullying tactic', while council bosses said they had to take the 'last resort' to improve recycling rates.'
'Anyone who puts bin bags outside their black wheelie bin on collection day faces a £100 fine.'
Hyndburn residents threatened with £100 fines over bins (From Blackburn Citizen)
Collecting my wheelie bin this week, I noticed all the bins had stickers on them, with a note inside about fines if people do not obey das rules.
(I do hope all the thousands of notes were on recycled paper.)
I'm good.
I've always recycled, even before it became mandatory. I hate wasting anything, even rubbish.
My wheelie bin is always put out on time, and is very rarely a quarter full. However by lunchtime someone, presumably a neighbour, has always filled my bin with their spare rubbish bags.
So when it comes to fines, until we have lockable wheelie bins, I'm afraid when it comes to issuing £100 fines for overflowing bins etc., I'm afraid you, H.B.C., haven't got a legal leg to stand on.
If you'd like to take a test case to court, I'd willingly be the resident you lose to.
