Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond

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• sirico@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  She should identify as a water company or farmer

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  • Schal330@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    She’d have earned a nice little bonus if she had!

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• sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m confused, what’s the issue with pouring coffee down a drain? Isn’t a drain for liquid waste?

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  • moderatecentrist@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The article says the fine has now been cancelled, but originally someone from the council defended the fine by saying:

    We are committed to protecting Richmond’s waterways and keeping our borough’s streets clean and safe.

    Pretty ridiculous. Coffee is an organic substance right? Made from roasted coffee beans. I could maybe understand if someone was pouring industrial chemicals into the sewers but coffee surely shouldn’t be a problem.

    Also of course big water companies get away with dumping sewage into rivers, but a very small amount of coffee apparently needs to be harshly punished. One rule for big business and another rule for common people.

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  • poVoq@slrpnk.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most street drains these days are for stormwater only and are not connected to the sewerage system or a proper wastewater treatment plant, thus pouring liquids into them is not much different from just pouring them into nature somewhere.

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    • x00z@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Then I don’t see an issue as I would just pour out coffee in nature too.

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    • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Genuinely never knew this, I thought they were all connected to the sewers. Doesn’t this effectively mean we can never get the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the UK?

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  • dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If only there was a way to find out.

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• stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ok, so you should simply pretend to accidentaly drop the cup next time…

  The coffee will end up in the same place, but you won’t be punnished.

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  • YaDownWitCPP@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nah, that’s probably punishable under reckless hydrating laws.

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• Drusas@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don't get why she felt the need to dump the rest of her coffee just because the bus was arriving.

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As someone who use to travel on regional busses – to avoid an earful of a lecture from the drivers who will refuse to let you on. They have to clean it if it spills, and it apparently happens enough that it’s a pain point for them

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    • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If it happens that much, maybe they should be better drivers.

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• Apocalypteroid@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They should have charged her with Prety vandalism

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