6 h. ago Woman's ridiculous £150 fine for pouring coffee down drain gets scrapped by council

Londoner Burcu Yesilyurt was left shocked when she was fined for pouring coffee down the drain - now her local council has backtracked and cancelled it after an uproar

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9 h. ago London woman’s £150 fine for pouring coffee down street drain revoked

Council had initially defended the fixed-penalty penalty issued to Burcu Yesilyurt near Richmond stationA woman from west London who was fined £150 for pouring the dregs of her morning coffee down a street drain has had the penalty revoked after a council review.Three enforcement officers stopped Burcu Yesilyurt near Richmond station on 10 October and handed her a fixed-penalty notice on her way to work. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago £150 fine for pouring coffee down drain cancelled, council says

Burcu Yesilyurt was stopped by enforcement officers in west London on October 10 and fined under Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

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11 h. ago Woman slapped with £150 fine for pouring coffee down drain in London street

Burcu Yesilyurt called the fine ‘quite unfair’

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12 h. ago London woman ‘shocked’ by £150 fine for pouring coffee down street drain

Burcu Yesilyurt handed fixed-penalty notice by enforcement officers near Richmond stationA woman from west London said she was “shocked” after being fined £150 for pouring the dregs of her morning coffee down a street drain as she waited for a bus.Burcu Yesilyurt said she believed she was doing the right thing by emptying her reusable cup before getting on a bus to work. But moments later, she was confronted by three enforcement officers near Richmond station and handed a fixed-penalty notice. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Woman slapped with £150 fine for pouring coffee down the drain

A coffee lover says she has been left shaken by an incident where she was hit by a £150 fine for pouring her brew down the drain - and told to tip it in the bin instead

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17 h. ago Woman's shock as she is handed 'extreme' £150 fine for pouring coffee down drain

Burcu Yesilyurt poured away what was left of her coffee before boarding a bus in Richmond, west London, and then she was surprised to be stopped by law enforcement officers

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