This is Exeter finds that 1000 people have been fined for dropping cigarette butts – many of them were fined £100 or more.

Of course, people shouldn’t drop cigarette butts. But fines on this level look less like a reasonable penalty, and more like a money-making venture.

Many councils are now making thousands of pounds from littering fines, and the tighter their finances become the more predatory wardens send out on the street to nick people.

In fact, the issue of littering is better dealt with through public provision of (cigarette-butt-friendly) litter bins – and public education, encouraging people to take pride in their local area.

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http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/pound-100-fines-dropping-butts/story-15109031-detail/story.html