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Magistrates have fined a man \u00c2\u00a3200 after finding him guilty of putting paper in a recycling sack for bottles and cans only – breaking council rules.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is the United Kingdom coming to. \u00c2\u00a3200 fine for putting junk mail into the wrong sack (and the write up gets confused over if it was the wrong sack) as part of a VOLUNTARY recycling scheme.<\/p>\n

Sheer madness. But it seems the council had issues with this gentleman.<\/p>\n

Mr Reeves was served with a warning notice in April this year when he put his bins out a day early because he was going on holiday.<\/p>\n

Then in June a green recycling bag was found outside his ground floor flat in the Mount Pleasant area of the city containing both paper and bottles and cans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Being a bit curious about this, I had a further look and these two paragraphs intrique me (emphasis is mine):<\/p>\n

Swansea Council enforcement officer Martin Lemon said: “There is a recycling scheme available in which paper can put into a green recycling sack<\/strong> and glass bottles and tins can be put into a separate sack.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And<\/p>\n

“My colleague informed me that he had opened a green recycling sack<\/strong> and that he found a piece of junk mail with Mr Reeve’s name and address.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now call me old fasioned but what is wrong with paper being in a green recycling sack? I hope it was a mistake with the BBC reporting or the council really are insane.<\/p>\n

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