• Bike Store Owner Fined For Not Producing any Waste
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[quote=WeInterupt]A UK bicycle shop owner was fined £180 (USD $300) because Southend Council officers refused to believe that his store did not create any commercial waste. Mark Howard would seem to be the model of an environmentally conscious business owner; he recycles everything from cardboard to old pedals and sells metal parts that can’t be put to further use, such as bent frames, to a scrap yard. His business produces no commercial waste. Howard’s disagreement with Southend Council came when he decided not to purchase 50 commercial waste bags from the council for £80. Under the council’s system, the bags are collected when full; considering that Howard produces no commercial waste, he had no use for the bags. After he failed to purchase any bags, the council sent him a letter asking him to explain how he dealt with his waste. He called the council to explain, but they did not believe him and sent an agent to investigate.[/QUOTE] [img]http://weinterrupt.com/wp-content/uploads/howard-219x300.jpg[/img] This is the most ridiculous thing one of the British councils have done in a long while. This shop keeper should be commended for his efforts to recycling and other businesses should take a lesson from his book. Source - [url]http://weinterrupt.com/2009/09/bike-store-owner-fined-for-not-producing-any-waste/[/url]
only in Britain
That's sad :( I'd hate to be fined for not being wasteful "Commercially" Is that really what we have come to?
They appear to be fining him just to squeeze the £80 out of him. :colbert:
He should talk to a solictor and see what he can do about it.
I'd rather he get fined a little than have him dump toxic bike pedals, and wildlife killing boxes into British rivers.
Is it just me, or does the picture look shopped
In most countries you get fined for producing too much waste, not the other way around.
:facepalm: I hate Britain's authority right this moment. Makes me feel bad to British.
[QUOTE=Furioso;17299398]Is it just me, or does the picture look shopped[/QUOTE] Yeah - I managed to find the actual one: [img]http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9876/bikeblack.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Furioso;17299398]Is it just me, or does the picture look shopped[/QUOTE] So i'm not the only one that noticed.
Yeah it's shopped. [img]http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/99594/shoooped.png[/img] [editline]01:02AM[/editline] plus his head doesn't fit the lighting of his body. [editline]01:03AM[/editline] Now I see that the pegs are on his shirt, but the side of the face still looks badly cropped.
[img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/11/article-1212873-066378E1000005DC-275_468x639.jpg[/img] here is a better quailty picture [img]http://www.echo-news.co.uk/resources/images/1036373/?type=display[/img] I dont know why he is molestering that bird
Edit for Polish newspaper: [IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/sltlamina/edit-2.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=sltungle;17299616]Edit for Swedish newspaper: [IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a151/sltlamina/edit-2.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Polish.
[QUOTE=markg06;17299626]Polish.[/QUOTE] Ahh, thanks.
Cocks
Corruption at its finest. When you can't bribe and steal, you fine someone for doing something good.
Bloody government trying to force this shit at us to get more money out of us, fuck them all.
goverement is 80% short on there electricity bill so they make some bull up
Suddenly, boxes, thousands of the- Whats that? I can't dump my boxes at the recycling dump? You're fining me WHAT!
I guess he re[b][U]cycles[/U][/b] everything.
Well that teaches him to protect the environment. Seems like the only way to live without any bullshit like this is to sit on your ass in front of the tv all day.
[QUOTE=phill977;17300209]I guess he re[b][U]cycles[/U][/b] everything.[/QUOTE] Stop peddling your puns here.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;17300768]Stop peddling your puns here.[/QUOTE] That was quite well done.
[QUOTE=Spleet;17300898]That was quite well done.[/QUOTE] They're funnier when you don't have to underline or bold something.
Wow. Fined for not producing waste, they should have researched it first.
fucking government cunts, i hope this man gets even more business because of their corruption
The british government can just fuck off.
Only in the UK do they fine you for being environmentally conscious.
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