Posted on 05/29/2006 8:51:55 AM PDT by John Semmens
A 30-year-old mother of three has appeared before magistrates in Devon, United Kingdom accused of failing to recycle household waste properly. Donna Challice is being prosecuted for contaminating recyclable rubbish under the Environmental Protection Act. She was released on bail and will next appear on 5 June for a pre-trial review.
The offenses of putting items into the wrong recycling bins are alleged to have taken place on six occasions over the last year. Under the Environmental Protection Act, local authorities have enacted complicated rules and schedules specifying which types of recyclable items must be placed in which containers on which days. The recycled items also must be thoroughly cleaned before being discarded.
Arthur Dimson, director of Waste Disposal for the Exeter City Council, dismissed Challice's claim that the rules are confusing and that any offense was inadvertent. "It's quite simple, really," said Dimson. "On the second and fourth Monday of each month, plastics go in the red bins and aluminum in the blue bins. On the first and third Tuesdays of each month--providing there has already been a first Monday, paper goes into the red containers and other, non-aluminum metals go into the blue containers. If there hasn't been a first Monday, the schedule is pushed back a week. On alternating Wednesdays, glass goes into the red cans and miscellaneous recyclable refuse goes into the blue cans. On Thursdays, non-recyclable refuse may be put into either the red or blue receptacles. All discards must be washed except clothing--which may be either washed or dry-cleaned depending upon the fabric--and paper. Paper with colored printing should only be placed in the red cans on the first Tuesday of each month. Paper with only black ink may be placed in the red containers on any other qualifying Tuesday. On weekends the bins are to remain empty for cleaning. These rules are all posted on the bottom of each recycling bin. So it's not as if people have to memorize them."
Challice says she finds the rules confusing and has trouble remembering which week is which.
Dimson characterized failure to follow these simple rules evidence of malice or criminal indifference toward the environment. "Mrs. Challice could wait until the weekend and look in the bottom of the empty bin to refresh her memory on the rules," said Dimson.
Challice faces a possible prison term and court costs if found guilty. As she is a single-parent, her five children will be put in foster homes if she has to go to prison. Other city governments are watching the matter closely, as the outcome of this case will set a precedent and may encourage similar prosecutions elsewhere.
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Leave it to the E.P.A...
I think this shows that the average American has a different temperament than the average Brit although our 'leaders' are eerily the same.
As long as they had a Form 27b/6 she's toast.
Environmentals and communists are the same wackos. Greens are called watermelons, green on the outside, red (communist) on the inside.
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Sarah Silvia Cynthia Stout would not take the garbage out. - Shel Silverstein
This is just ridiculous. I'm not surprised about what happens in the UK anymore. Then again, I fear we are becoming more and more like the UK every year.
I am guessing this is satire...at least, I hope it is!
Whenever I hear somebody talk about "the" environment, I just cringe. As if humans are somehow separate, and don't belong. Just another subtle form of brainwashing really...
I believe two of her children were accidently recycled.
This makes the whole event even more tragic.
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