How To Get Out Of A Cigarette Littering Fine

Can you get fined for throwing a cigarette?

What is a fixed penalty notice? Can I appeal against a fixed penalty notice that I have been issued with? What happens if I don’t pay? Do I have to provide my details to the Council’s officers? The officers were in plain clothes – I didn’t know or see them? What is recorded on the officer’s body worn camera? I don’t agree that I committed the offence for which I have received a fixed penalty notice I don’t see why I should pay if there are no signs Why should I pay a fixed penalty notice when there were no litter bins nearby? What is classed as “litter”? Is dropping a cigarette butt or chewing gum classed as “littering”? I could not place my cigarette stub in the litter bin as it could have caught on fire but I was still issued with a fixed penalty notice. Is this fair? But I put my cigarette stub in a drain If I pick up the litter after an officer has approached me, do I still receive a fixed penalty notice? What is the offence of dog fouling? But I wasn’t given any warning about the offence Can I pay my fixed penalty by instalments? What if I have difficulty paying the fixed penalty? What happens to the money you get from fixed penalties? Are the enforcement officers paid commission for issuing fixed penalty notices?

What is a fixed penalty notice? A fixed penalty notice (FPN) is officially a notice of opportunity to pay a fixed penalty. It is issued by an authorised council enforcement officer or by police to a person who they have reason to be believe has committed a criminal offence.

These notices may be issued on-the-spot or through the post. The notice gives you the option to avoid prosecution. It suspends the start of the court process allowing you to decide whether to challenge the allegation in court. By paying the fixed penalty, you discharge your liability to a criminal conviction.

Can I appeal against a fixed penalty notice that I have been issued with? There are no grounds of appeal against a fixed penalty notice being issued. You cannot appeal an officer’s decision to give you an opportunity to avoid prosecution. The officer has given you an invitation to effectively “buy off” your liability to prosecution.

1. By paying the fixed penalty, whilst not an admission of guilt, you agree that an offence has been committed and understand that by making the payment, no further action will be taken by the Council.
2. If you do not agree that you have committed the offence for which you have received a fixed penalty notice, and do not make payment, then the matter will be dealt with through prosecution in court.

It will then be up to the court, on receiving evidence, to determine whether or not an offence was committed and therefore whether or not any penalty should be imposed. Effectively this means that an “appeal” can be made by challenging the allegation in court and exercising your right to be tried.

• If you are unsuccessful, a formal appeal against conviction and/or sentence can be made to a higher court.
• What happens if I don’t pay? If payment of the fixed penalty is not made within the suspended enforcement period, the matter has to be referred to the HM Courts & Tribunals Service for prosecution.

You will receive a summons or written charge in the post. Do I have to provide my details to the Council’s officers? Yes. For example, it is an offence under sections 88(8A) and (8B) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 for a person to fail to give their name and address when required to do so by an authorised officer, or to give a false or inaccurate name or address.

1. Similar provisions apply to many other fixed penalty offences.
2. The officer must establish the identity of the person they suspect of an offence and will seek to verify the information given.
3. A person who does not give their name and a satisfactory address for the purpose of serving a summons or charge is liable to arrest by a police officer.

The officers were in plain clothes – I didn’t know or see them? Authorised officers may patrol in uniform or in plain clothes. If someone suggests that they would not have committed an offence if the officer had been in a uniform, then this would demonstrate guilty knowledge, awareness of the offence and of an intention to break the law.

• W hat is recorded on the officer’s body-worn camera? The body-worn video cameras record sound and images.
• The footage recorded is that of the interaction between the officer and the member of the public they are speaking to, and not of any alleged offence.
• Any offence is witnessed by an authorised officer prior to an suspected offender being approached.

The interaction is recorded to safeguard both parties and the conversation can be reviewed, if required, at a later date. More information can be found here, I don’t agree that I committed the offence for which I have received a fixed penalty notice If you do not agree that you committed the offence, you have the option to plead not guilty.

The law provides that this is by way of prosecution and trial in the magistrates’ court (or in some cases before a jury in the Crown Court). A summons or written charge would be sent to you in the event of non-payment of the fixed penalty and any defence or mitigation may be presented to the court in the normal way.

It will then be up to the court to determine whether or not an offence was committed and therefore whether or not any penalty should be imposed and what that should be. There is no appeal mechanism against the service of a fixed penalty notice. The issuing of the notice by the officer simply suspends the starting of a prosecution.

1. Any mitigating circumstances that you wish to make us aware of can be communicated to us.
2. This must be in writing for legal reasons.
3. The address to use is on the reverse of the fixed penalty notice.
4. The fixed penalty system saves time for everyone involved (including the offender) as opposed to taking the case to court.

It should be noted that the financial penalty imposed by the courts could be significantly greater than that which is set for a fixed penalty notice. The prosecution will ask for an order for you to pay its costs and you will be liable to pay the court’s surcharge.

I don’t see why I should pay if there are no signs There is of course no obligation on the Council to provide “warning” signage regarding littering or other criminal offences that apply throughout the country, or to announce the presence of enforcement officers or police. There are signs however relating to controls under public spaces protection orders where these apply.

The Council also has posters about litter on many bins and signs about dog fouling on many lampposts. In addition to our local publicity, national campaigns have also been run. Keep Britain Tidy has a long history of promoting the abatement of litter through publicity and high-visibility advertising.

• Other organisations and landowners use signage to ask people not to leave litter.
• The packaging to many items, such as confectionary and soft drinks, have either images or text asking people to use a litter bin or recycle when they have finished with the contents.
• The Tidyman icon has been found on product packaging since the 1950s.

Litter legislation has been in force for many years and is enforced. Laws dating back several hundred years have made littering a criminal offence. Why should I pay a fixed penalty notice when there were no litter bins nearby? As with signage it is not feasible for the Council to place litter bins in every street, road or highway, though every effort is made to place bins where they are most needed and where there is the greatest level of pedestrian footfall.

• Where bins are not available, then it is up to everyone to act responsibly and make arrangements to either take their litter home or carry it with them until a litter bin is available.
• What is classed as “litter”? The term “litter” covers a wide range of items, which can include such things as cigarette butts, food waste, drink cans, sweet wrappers, packaging or a bag of waste discarded on the street.

Littering can take place on any land (public or private) in the open air. It is a criminal offence that carries a fine of up to £2,500. Is dropping a cigarette butt or chewing gum classed as “littering”? Yes, litter such as cigarette butts and chewing gum are classed as litter.

They are expensive and time-consuming to clean up. Cigarette butts can take up to 12 years to degrade. The law was amended in 2005 to specifically include “the discarded ends of cigarettes, cigars and like products, and discarded chewing-gum and the discarded remains of other products designed for chewing.” I could not place my cigarette stub in the litter bin as it could have caught on fire but I was still issued with a fixed penalty notice.

Is this fair? Smokers are responsible for ensuring that they completely extinguish their cigarettes before placing them in a bin. Cigarette waste is the same as any other waste in terms of litter laws and you can be issued with a fixed penalty notice for not disposing of cigarette ends properly.

• Obviously care should be taken to avoid any risk of fire and in particular cigarette ends should be completely extinguished in the ashtray or on the stubbing plates provided on many litter bins.
• There is also no reason why smokers (who are well aware that smoking will result in waste) cannot carry portable “butt bins” with them or create their own by placing soil or sand in a small tin.

But I put my cigarette stub in a drain Cigarette butts don’t disappear by disposing of them in a drain; you are still littering and causing additional problems. Cigarettes can block drains and cause pollution to waterways and the sea. Cigarette litter can also pose a hazard to animals and marine life when they mistake filters for food.

• The law applies to drains.
• If I pick up the litter after an officer has approached me, do I still receive a fixed penalty notice? Littering relates to the dropping, throwing or depositing of litter and the leaving of it.
• Whether or not you later volunteer to pick up that litter, you have still committed an offence if you originally walked away.

What is the offence of dog fouling? It is an offence not to clean up after your dog as soon as it has happened, on any land which is open to the air and to which the public are permitted to have access. It is not a defence to say:

I am coming back to pick the faeces up later I didn’t see my dog foul I haven’t got a bag with me.

But I wasn’t given any warning about the offence Litter legislation and controls on dogs have been in force for many years. Laws on litter date back at least 300 years. Over the past two decades significant amounts of money have been spent both nationally and locally on educational and awareness raising campaigns.

• Such publicity has included posters, advertising and articles in the press, and adverts on the radio, TV and on transport systems.
• On top of this organisations like Keep Britain Tidy run national campaigns.
• Therefore we take our enforcement duties seriously and back up what is an important message with action.

This is the aim of our enforcement patrols which seek to target those who choose to ignore the laws which the vast majority abide by. Environmental quality issues and offences such as littering and dog fouling have consistently been highlighted by residents as of significant concern.

• Can I pay my fixed penalty by instalments? No, you cannot pay the fixed penalty in instalments.
• However, if there are particular circumstances you wish us to consider, we may extend the time period by which you can pay the fixed penalty in full and avoid prosecution.
• If you experiencing difficulty paying, please explain in writing and provide supporting evidence.

What if I have difficulty paying the fixed penalty? If you have difficulty paying the fine you should contact the address on the notice in writing and provide supporting evidence. Alternatively speak to an advice service. What happens to the money you get from fixed penalties? Paid fixed penalties fund the functions to which the fixed penalty notice relates, so a paid litter penalty pays for litter enforcement.

The use of the fixed penalty receipts is covered by legislation which defines what the “qualifying functions” are. Fines are paid to the HM Courts & Tribunals Service and not to the Council. Are the enforcement officers paid commission for issuing FPNs? The officers in Newcastle are not on commission and are salaried.

Some of the issues and incidents they deal with do not result in a fixed penalty notice or are offences for which the option of a fixed penalty notice is not available. Fixed penalty notices are issued by officers directly employed by the Council or by police officers and police community support officers.

How do I appeal a fixed penalty notice?

Can I appeal an FPN? Use this guide to find out more about fixed penalty notices for environmental offences. There are no formal grounds for appeal if you’re issued with a fixed penalty notice (FPN). The legislation that governs fixed penalty notices means that a person who receives an FPN can challenge it in court if they believe the penalty should not have been issued to them.

Paying the FPN is an invitation for you to discharge your liability to prosecution. This means that while this is not an admission of your guilt, you do agree that an offence has been committed. By paying the fine, no further action will be taken by us or on our behalf. If you decide to pay for the FPN instead of challenging it in court, payment can be made by following the notes on the reverse of the notice.

Please note that we are unable to accept payments by instalments.

How do I appeal a cigarette fine in Manchester?

Environmental problems Fixed Penalty Notices If you have received an FPN your only right of appeal is in a court. If you receive an FPN you have two options available:

Pay the FPN within the timeframe stated on the notice; or Allow the FPN to lapse and await a court summons.

If you fail to pay within the allocated timeframe, we will initiate court proceedings. If your case is escalated to court, you will need to consider the following:

You may want to contact your local Citizens Advice Bureau for advice; You may need to involve the services of a Solicitor; You will need to consider the evidence that may be presented in court; If the court finds against you, you may be given a larger fine, a criminal record, and in some cases, a possible prison sentence. You may also be responsible for court costs.

We take a firm and fair enforcement approach throughout Manchester. : Environmental problems Fixed Penalty Notices

What is Section 87 88 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990?

Section 87 and 88 of the Environmental Protection Act (1990) states that if a person drops, throws, deposits or leaves anything so as to cause defacement in any land open to the air, they could be committing a littering offence. Litter includes all smoking, drinking and food related waste including cigarette butts and chewing gum.

Test Valley Borough Council has a zero tolerance approach to littering. The Environmental Service Enforcement Team patrol throughout the whole Borough and will issue a Fixed Penalty Notice to anyone caught littering. The Fixed Penalty Notice is £150 (or £75 if paid within 7 days). Failure to pay will result in prosecution which may lead to a fine of up to £2500.

Who can be fined? Anyone aged 17 years and above who is caught dropping litter by an authorised officer. Where can I be fined? It is an offence to drop litter anywhere in the open air, regardless of who owns the land. This includes rivers, lakes and drainage systems.

The exceptions to the offence include if the littering is authorised by law or done by or with the consent of the owner, occupier or other authority or person having control of the area. There are no excuses for dropping litter. There should be a litter bin within walking distance of most litter hotspots.

If there is not a litter bin nearby, individuals should act responsibly and take their litter home. Do offenders have to pay the fine on the spot? No – payments can only be made to Customer Services at Test Valley Borough Council. When a Fixed Penalty Notice is issued, the authorised officer will take the offender’s name and address.

They will be handed the notice (a copy is kept by the officer). The offender will then have 14 days to pay the fixed penalty. If the offender refuses to pay, they will be taken to court which can lead to a fine of up to £2500. The Council cannot accept payments in instalments as there is no discretion in the legislation for this.

Can I appeal? Anyone issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice has the right to appeal. The appeal process will be explained by the authorised officer at the time of the offence. All appeals must be made in writing to the address below: Customer Service Unit Test Valley Borough Council Beech Hurst Weyhill Road Andover Hampshire SP10 3AJ Once an appeal has been received, it will be considered by an Appeals Panel within 10 working days (of receipt of the written appeal).

What happens if you take one hit of a cigarette?

20 minutes –

Nicotine enters your bloodstream, increasing your pulse and blood pressure, Your sense of smell is reduced. Because nicotine is a stimulant, your brain will release feel-good chemicals or make you want to eat. When you don’t satisfy the urge, you will feel anxious and irritable.

Is it OK to throw cigarettes on the ground?

Among litter, the cigarette butt is ubiquitous — an ever-represent sight along roadways and trails, at beaches, in parking lots. Anywhere people go, cigarette butts are left behind as evidence of our presence. The cigarette butt is the most littered item both in the United States and the world, according to Keep America Beautiful.

• And the problem of cigarette butts as litter has continued even as smoking rates have decreased about 28 percent in the past 10 years.
• The vast majority — 90 percent — of cigarette butts are not disposed of properly, Keep America Beautiful reports.
• That means 4.5 trillion — yes, trillion — of these butts are littered each year, according to National Geographic,

And cigarette butts are a double whammy in the world of litter because they take years to break down and they contain harmful chemicals that leach into the environment. Filters on cigarettes were invented in the 1950s in response to fears about the link between smoking and lung cancer and other health problems.

Today, 98 percent of cigarettes have filters made of a type of plastic called cellulose acetate, National Geographic reports. All this litter isn’t just an eyesore. Every cigarette butt tossed on the ground results in plastic, heavy metals, nicotine and a multitude of other chemicals being left behind.

The butts often make their way to our waterways and oceans, where they are sometimes eaten by wildlife that mistake them for food. Those chemicals also leach into the water. “One cigarette butt in a liter (of water) kills half the fish,” Tom Novotny, an epidemiologist at San Diego State University, told National Geographic.

1. Novotny was one of the first people to research the environmental impacts of cigarettes.
2. Cigarette butts on the ground can also hinder plant growth, according to a study published in July in the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety,
3. Researchers found that the presence of cigarette butts in the soil reduced the likelihood of successful germination and the length of a plant’s stems in the two plants studied — ryegrass and white clover.

These plants were chosen because they are common foraging crops for livestock and are also commonly found in green spaces in urban and suburban areas. Improperly disposed of cigarettes and smoking materials can also cause wildfires. In fact, 90 percent of wildfires are caused by human activity, including cigarette litter, unattended campfires and arson, according to the Insurance Information Institute,

Today, litter from smoking doesn’t just include cigarette butts. With the rising popularity of e-cigarettes, the cartridges and pods used in these devices have also become increasingly common as litter, National Geographic reports. These pods, which look similar to flash drives, are becoming a common sight in many of the same places we see cigarette butts.

The problem with this influx of e-cigarettes is that they are classified as both electronic waste because they have electronic components and hazardous waste because of the nicotine contained in the pod, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. E-cigarettes have posed an issue of how to properly dispose of them.

• Many manufacturers recommend users simply dispose of them with other waste, but some cities and other agencies have started researching how to best recycle the individual components of the e-cigarettes, the Inquirer reports.
• For traditional cigarettes, proper disposal is as easy as placing the butt in an ashtray — or a trashcan if it is fully extinguished.

The Forest Preserve District provides ashtrays at each of its six dog parks as well as cigarette butt collectors in the designated smoking areas at the visitor centers.

Can you get out of a fixed penalty notice?

How do we deal with Disputes – If you are served a Fixed Penalty Notice by Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC or anyone acting on our behalf, but you disagree that you have committed an offence or feel that it was unreasonable for us to serve the Notice, you can dispute the matter by writing to Enforcement Appeals Officer, Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC, Ty Glantaf, Unit B23, Treforest Ind Est, Pontypridd, CF37 5TT.N.B.

Be considered on its merits, on the basis of the information and evidence provided by the appellant and by the person who issued the Notice Receive a full written response, normally within 10 working days. However, this could be longer in more complex cases.

Where appeals are not upheld, the reasons for this will be explained and a further 28 day period given for payment.

How serious is a fixed penalty notice?

Answer Fixed penalty tickets/notices (FPT /FPN) may be issued for road traffic offences and offer an opportunity to settle an offence without the need to go through the court system. If you pay a fixed penalty ticket, all liability for the offence is discharged and the offence doesn’t form part of your criminal record.

As fixed penalty notices do not fall under the definition of a ‘relevant matter’, they would not be automatically released on a DBS check and as such are not subject to the filtering provisions. A recipient of a fixed penalty notice has two options, either to pay the ticket or request a court hearing.

There are two types of fixed penalty tickets, endorsable and non-endorsable.

• Endorsable tickets mean that you’ll get points on your licence (usually 3) and have to pay a penalty (usually £100) – note that whilst this is the penalty for most tickets, there are some variations where it is more or less, not having insurance is one example – see below.
• A non-endorsable ticket means that you will receive a £50 fine (some are higher) but don’t get any points on your licence.
• Certain parking offences are eligible for a £30 non-endorsable ticket (£40 in Greater London).

The type of FPN you receive depends on the offence you have committed. Some offences cannot be dealt with by way of a FPN or the police officer may think that the circumstances are too serious, in either case you may be reported for summons to go to court. A few examples of endorsable and non-endorsable tickets are: Endorsable

• speeding
• going through a red light
• driving without due care and attention
• pedestrian crossing offences
• no insurance (£300 and 6 penalty points)
• using a mobile phone whilst driving (£200 and 6 penalty points)

Non-endorsable

• drive a vehicle with no MOT (£100)
• fail to comply with some traffic signs e.g. give-way sign, manually operated stop sign, road markings
• failing to wear a seatbelt
• parking offences

Local Authority Civilian Enforcement Officers may also issue fixed penalty tickets for a range of offences e.g. parking, selling/repairing vehicles at the roadside or abandoned vehicles. If you have any issues with a ticket you will need to contact the agency who issued it, as the police have no involvement with tickets issued by local council Civilian Enforcement Officers and vice versa.

How do you beat a littering ticket UK?

How can I avoid paying my littering fine? – You can only avoid paying a littering fine if you appeal and present a strong case in court that you did not drop any litter. Seeking legal assistance for littering offences is a good idea if you intend to take the FPN to court,

What is the penalty for putting cigarette littering in the UK?

No ifs. No butts. Anyone dropping smoking related litter may receive an £150 Fixed Penalty Notice and the offence attracts a maximum penalty of up to £2,500 and a criminal record for non-payment if convicted in a magistrates court.

What is the fine for throwing cigarettes in the UK?

Domestic littering – A fixed penalty of £150 will be issued if you are caught littering and the amount due won’t be reduced if you pay within 14 days. Littering includes dropping cigarette stubs and chewing gum. You must still pay the fine if:

there are no warning signs around about the penalty for littering you can’t find a litter bin you offer to clear away the litter

Read our frequently asked questions about fixed penalty notices issued for domestic littering.

What is Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act?

Regulation (89)(6)(i)(ii): – A person furnishes any information recklessly, and it is false or misleading in a material particular, to an officer or any person accompanying the officer in accordance with 89(6)(f)(ii). The standard criminal and offence specific responses are:

warning formal caution prosecution

What is a section 87?

Section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 defines the offence of littering as the throwing down, dropping or depositing of litter on any land, including land covered by water, and leaving it.

Do you have to give your details to litter enforcement officer UK?

Do I have to provide my details to Environmental Enforcement Officers? – Yes. It is an offence if a person fails to give their name and address when required to do so by an authorised officer, or gives a false or inaccurate name or address.

How bad is 1 cigarette a day?

What is already known on this topic –

• Smoking increases the risk of developing coronary heart disease and stroke
• Many smokers believe that cutting down the number of cigarettes they smoke substantially reduces their risk of developing tobacco related disorders
• Occasional individual studies and a meta-analysis of five studies in 1997 reported that light cigarette smoking (less than five per day) is associated with a higher than expected risk of coronary heart disease

How long does 1 cigarette burn?

Here’s How Much Time You’ll Save When You Quit Smoking Not only does smoking cigarettes waste your money, it also wastes your time. Let’s see how much time. The average time to smoke a cigarette is 6 minutes, and there are 20 cigarettes in a pack. If you’re a pack a day smoker, you burn 120 minutes (or 2 hours) a day smoking.

1. Let’s see how that squandered time adds up: 1 Day: We’ve already calculated the time of one day at 2 hours,
2. That’s enough time to watch a movie,1 Month: 2 hours a day times 30 days means 60 hours,
3. That would be the equivalent time-wise to a nice weekend get-away.6 Months: 180 days at 2 hours a day means that you’ve consumed 360 hours smoking cigarettes in 6 months.

You could drive the entire in that amount of time.1 Year: After a year you’ve wasted 720 hours (30 days) on your habit. That is the typical amount of time it takes to, Use this Monday as a day to quit smoking and stay quit. Maybe you can use the 2 hours you’ve gained on Monday to start planning all the you can do with your newly found free time.

How bad is one cigarette a week?

Even one cigarette a week is bad for your health. Each cigarette you smoke exposes you to nicotine and other harmful chemicals and increases your risk for heart disease and cancer. The negative effects of smoking add up over the course of your life.

What is the most littered item in the world?

Cigarette Butts (CB) are one of the most littered items on the planet. Low biodegradability and toxic chemical leaching are major problems of CB littering.

Does cigarette smoke ever go away in a house?

Mask the odor – Essential oil sprays won’t absorb thirdhand smoke smell, but certain scents may be effective at masking it to some degree. These include orange, grapefruit, eucalyptus, and lavender. Don’t put undiluted essential oils directly on your skin.

Can you throw cigarettes in the toilet?

Things You Should NEVER Flush Down Your Toilet WHAT NOT TO FLUSH: There are many things that should never EVER be flushed down the toilet, such as: WHY CARE? Although the things that you may flush down the toilet may escape your home’s plumbing, the sewage blockages that occur in the larger pipes affect many more people than just your family. Because the sewer services are a publicly operated service, the cost to maintain that infrastructure is collected from sewer charges, and more blockages mean a more expensive public bill.

1. PLEASE INFORM YOUR CLEANING STAFF OF THESE GUIDELINES.
2. BELOW ARE 15 THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER FLUSH DOWN YOUR TOILET: 1.
3. Flushable baby wipes and sani -wipes : No matter what’s on the label, “flushable” wipes do not disintegrate in water as quickly as toilet tissue does.
4. Test it for yourself.
5. Put a flushable wipe and a piece of toilet paper in water for an hour.

You’ll see that the toilet paper quickly breaks apart while the wipe stays intact. That means it can lodge in sewer pipes and clog the toilet.2. Dental floss : Waxed or unwaxed, dental floss becomes a veritable seine net catching all sorts of debris, clogging toilets and sewer pipes.

1. When septic systems are involved, dental floss winds around moving parts and burns out motors.3.
2. Itty litter : Some manufacturers say their kitty litter is flushable, but the Township does not recommend flushing it down the toilet.
3. Today’s water-saving toilets use only 1.6 gallons of water per flush.

That’s not enough water to keep the kitty litter moving,” he explains. Plus, it adds more “stuff” that water purification plants need to remove.4. Dried poop from a litter box : Toilets are designed for water-soluble waste. When cat poop sits in litter, it gets dehydrated and becomes hard as a rock.

These “petrified poops” can get lodged in the labyrinth of pipes exiting the toilet and cause a clog. So, from now on, bag up your litter — poop and all — and dispose of it in the garbage.5. Hair : Hair will never dissolve in water. In fact, it floats and easily gets caught on its way out the toilet, snagging whatever comes its way.

So, don’t clean a brush and toss the hair in the commode. And if you wear hair weaves and one falls in the toilet, fish that lock out of the toilet or you could face a big repair bill.6. Condoms : Condoms will clog toilets and septic tanks. Toss them in the wastebasket.

• Period.7. Bleach : Bleach is a very harsh chemical that does not belong in sewerage lines or septic systems.
• Your toilet bowl doesn’t need to be cleaned with bleach or an industrial cleaner.
• It has a glazed finish, so just swish it with a toilet brush to clean it.
• If you want to use something stronger, try white distilled vinegar.

Toilet bowl stains are caused by the minerals in the water and not from human waste.8. Cigarette butts : Cigarette butts belong in the trash, not the toilet. They can clog the toilet and wreak havoc with a septic tank — especially filtered or plastic-tipped smokes.9.

1. Diapers/sanitary napkins/paper towels : Think about it.
2. These are made to absorb water, not break apart in it.
3. Dispose of all of these items in the trash.10.
4. Chewing gum : Chewing gum never dissolves in water and, worse yet, it can adhere to other flushable items to form a clog.
5. Wrap it in paper and toss it in the trash.11.

Cotton balls/swabs : These items are not going to dissolve in water. Instead, they’ll clog your toilet, especially swabs, which can easily lodge in pipes and create a logjam.12. Food : Some may argue that food is biodegradable, and it is. But it can lodge in plumbing and create a stubborn clog while it’s decomposing.

Never flush it down the toilet.13. Grease : It might be liquid when it enters the pipes, but as soon as grease cools it solidifies and creates one powerful clog. It takes a professional to remove this kind of blockage.14. Fish or other small Reptiles : Flushing live animals down the toilet is not only inhumane, it is not smart.

We recommend you find a welcoming home for unwanted pets or consult the Ramapo Bergen Animal Refuge. About those dead animals: there’s no way they’re going to disintegrate in the toilet water and there’s a good chance they’ll create a clog. Give them a decent “burial” in the yard.15.

• Medication/Drugs : Toilet water cannot destroy the active ingredients in medicines or illegal drugs.
• What you toss in the commode has to be extracted from the water in order to recycle it safely.
• That means your local water treatment facility has to invest in the technology and equipment to do this.
• To get rid of old medicines, bring them to the Wyckoff Police Department lobby.

Drugs can be lethal to people and pets and therefore should be disposed of properly. Bottom line : The toilet was invented to dispose of human waste. Using it for any other purpose can not only damage your plumbing, it can also pollute the community’s water supply.

Is it illegal to throw a cigarette out the window UK?

Contrary to popular belief, smoking-related waste is litter. If you stub out your cigarette (or cigar or roll-up) in a public place and do not pick up the butt, you are committing a criminal offence by littering. It’s the same if you flick the butt out of the car window or simply drop it on the pavement after you have finished smoking. There are still too many people who may, these days, think twice about dropping a drinks can or takeaway carton on the floor, but still think it is acceptable to flick butts out of the car window. Smoking-related waste is litter and we have zero tolerance for it.

Can you get fined for littering UK?

What can you do? – Please do not litter. Use a bin for your rubbish and if you cannot find a bin, take your litter home with you. Dropping litter is illegal. People who drop litter can be fined or face prosecution in court. Authorised officers have the power to issue a fixed penalty charge of up to £150 for a litter offence, as an alternative to prosecution.

If the offender is prosecuted and convicted in court, the fine could rise to £2,500. If you see accumulations of litter in a public place, report it to your local authority. Be specific about location, type and the amount of litter. Some local authorities have litter ‘hotlines’. If your council does not have a special number to call, litter reports are usually dealt with by cleansing, environmental health or technical services departments.

If the litter has accumulated on private land, in the first instance contact the council to see what they can do about getting it removed. Help keep your area tidy, join our #LitterHeroes

What is the UK cigarette law?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Smoking rates for all adults over time In the United Kingdom, smoking is legally permitted, with certain conditions set from laws enacted separately in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is illegal to smoke tobacco in enclosed public places, such as restaurants, shops or pubs, under the Health Act 2006 for England and Wales, the Smoking (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 for Northern Ireland and the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 for Scotland.

It is also illegal to smoke in a car if one is transporting people under 18 or if a vehicle is being used for work purposes. Smoking is prevalent among a sizeable, but continuously reducing minority of the population. It has been argued that smoking puts considerable strain upon the NHS due to the health problems which can be directly linked with smoking.

Successive UK Governments have endeavoured to reduce the prevalence of smoking. As part of this commitment, the NHS currently offers free help to smokers who want to quit.

How much is a smoking fine in the UK?

Fines and penalties – Businesses can be fined up to £2,500 if they don’t stop people smoking in the workplace or up to £1,000 if they don’t display ‘no smoking’ signs. In Scotland, there is a fixed penalty fine of £200, which can go up to £2,500 if the fine isn’t paid.