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The top reasons you’ll get a £100 penalty charge notice for littering in West Bridgford and Rushcliffe

The Wire submitted an FOI request to Rushcliffe Borough Council to find out what types of litter have resulted in the most £100 penalty charge notices.

Rushcliffe Borough Council is six months into a trial which delegates waste enforcement – littering and fly tipping mostly – to a third-party private business called WISE.

The results since the trial began on 5 January 2021 are astonishing – in 2018 RBC issued 3 ( three ) PCNs for littering, in 2019 they issued 2 ( two ) in 2020 they issued 13 and in 2021 to end June 1,310 had been issued.

So a massive increase in enforcement and at no cost to the council.

We asked: What were the PCNs issued for within the ‘littering’ category?  

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1,310 penalty charge notices were issued for littering between 5 Jan and 30 June 2021 ( by the time of the meeting this was over 1,500)

The breakdown below shows the reason why they were issued.

• Cigarette butts   – 1,154  – 88% of all PCNs
• Waste cardboard – 6 PCNS
• Bag containing dog waste – 7 PCNS
• Bottle – 4 PCNS
• Bottle Top – 1 (One)
• Chewing gum 25
• Confectionery packs – 3
• Food – 2
• Fast food-related – 1 (One)
• Food wrapper – 20
• Other (?) 30 not identified further
• Packaging 15
• Printed literature 5
• Snack pack 1 ( One )
• Soft drinks bottle 16
• Soft drink can 15
• Sweet wrapper 5

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