jimbo1964 Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I just saw someone throw rubbish from their car into the street which makes me fume with rage. I challenged them on it and they drove off. I would have thrown it all back into his car window had I not had my young son with me. I have the guy's number plate and he was a registered mini cab so there's a good chance it's his car. Does anyone know who I can report him to? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidh Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 have you considered the police? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-335720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_m_h Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 http://www.keepbritaintidy.org/Campaigns/Report_It/default.aspx Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-335725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 What law did he break? Not sure if littering is actually illegal.If your thought is he broke some rules or codes of conduct which apply to license minicabs then I guess whoever licenses minicabs would be the ones to go to.Can't help wondering what the point is though. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-335727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Ruffers? Where do you live? I have bags of rubbish with which I can illustrate the point with Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-335728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 it can lead to a fine and a fixed penalty noticehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7343937.stm Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-335735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narnia Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Does this mean you think there is no point in pursuing it or you don't care about littering? Your answer is important in terms of where this thread might go. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-335736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Littering really p!sses me off, I've picked people up on their littering many times. But this reporting seems pointless. Assuming we find someone to reprimand the guy, perhaps from the license office, I'd be amazed if anything happens beyond the following."We've had a report you dropped litter out of your car""No, I didn't.""Oh well, procedure followed, off you trot." Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-335737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narnia Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 Don't you think if enough people feel the same way as you do Ruffers that things might change? I think what's socially unacceptable can change over a period of time. If enough people pick up other people's litter without being agressive about it then maybe something can happen. From now on I will do it. Anyone else? I'd like our city to be like Oslo or Stockholm or whereever you have been that's clean. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-335791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cate Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I would report it. And maybe he is registered with a company that can be told. Maybe there is somewhere they can make a note of his details and then if it happens again he will get fined. In southern California there is a hotline to call if you see anyone throwing cigarettes out of car windows. If it happens twice then they get in trouble. Cigarettes equal fires. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-335793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluey Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 Hi Jimbo,For your information, if you wish to report littering offences on Southwark's streets in the future, it would go to Southwark Council's Enforcement Team (020 7525 2000 - 24hr). However, bare in mind that for successful action to be taken, you may be required to make a formal witness statement as evidence, and may be required to testify should the matter go to trial....yes, littering is a criminal offence (Section 87, the Environmental Protection Act 1990). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-337090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 bluey thank you. I was just gonna write all that! Southwark take it VERY seriously. Why do you think there was that thread a year or so ago when someone dripping his cigarette stub got fined ?70 and whinged on here about it. Yes, phone or write or email Southwark envionrment department. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-337128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianr Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 But hey, if you're talking about this thread http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,99394,page=1#, that was a case of the authorised enforcers being there and personally witnessing the offence.No-one's going to be penalised for speeding, just on the say-so of an eye witness. The same surely goes for littering.[Edit: actually, make that paragraph interrogative. I don't know what Southwark do.]In this case, apart from saying what you think to the person who dropped the litter, I don't think you can do much more than writing to the licensing authority saying: "I don't suppose you have any authority in the matter, but can you please pass on to the driver of ... [complete, ad lib]". If you really want to push it, you can request the registered owner's name and address from DVLA, and write to him/her personally.[Further edit] Now got to p7 of that thread, in which PR posts "Southwark Council reckon if you see someone driving their car and you get a good description of them and their car and the registration number, that if you see them throwing litter out of their car when on Southwark roads you can report them and they WILL write to the owners (who have probably just reported the car as stolen, of course!) and fine them."So, if you want to experiment, there's one more alternative. Even a letter from Southwark would probably be more useful than nowt.[Final (5th) edit] EPA1990, s88, as mentioned by Bluey, has it that if just "an authorised officer of a litter authority has reason to believe a person has committed an offence under section 87", they can issue an FPN to that person.]A private prosecution is the only other thing that comes to mind. :) Does the statute prohibit it? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-337147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo1964 Posted July 1, 2010 Author Share Posted July 1, 2010 Thanks for the comments. I'll drop the council a line with his number plate. I'd be quite happy if he got a shirty letter from someone. The most stupid thing was his car was parked right next to a bin but he chose to throw his rubbish on the floor instead.My wife once saw a woman throw her Travelcard on the pavement. She said, sarcastically, 'I think you just dropped that by mistake'. To which the woman said 'It's ok, I don't need it anymore'. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-337177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophiesofa Posted July 1, 2010 Share Posted July 1, 2010 Well done for getting the license plate.Yesterday near Finsbury park I nearly got hit on the head by an empty strawberry milkshake yazoo bottle thrown out the doors of a bendy bus just as I was walking past. Grr litterbugs. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/11973-reporting-litter-lout/#findComment-337181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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