London woman fined $200 for pouring splash of coffee down storm drain before hopping onto bus

nypost.com ^ | Oct. 23, 2025 | Zoe Hussain

[V_TWIN]

A London woman was slapped with a hefty fine for pouring a splash of her coffee down a storm drain before hopping on a bus, according to reports.

Burcu Yesilyurt made the split-second choice to empty “just a tiny little bit” of coffee from a reusable cup of joe down the drain instead of risking spilling it on her bus to work in southwest London on Oct. 10, the BBC reported.

As soon as the drop of java dribbled out, Yesilyurt was immediately swarmed by three officers at the bus stop and slapped with a £150 (roughly $200) fine under Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, which makes it illegal to dump waste in a way that could pollute land or water, including pouring liquids into street drains.

“As soon as I turned around, I noticed three men, enforcement officers, chasing me, and they stopped me immediately,” she told the outlet.

[BikerJoe]

These are the same people who think what we exhale is pollution.

[antidemoncrat]

I believe England is being torn apart by liberal factions that do not have loyalty the their country but to their political party or their religion like Islam. The same thing started happening in America when the Democrats stole the 2020 election.

[Cronos]

Turk.

Though most “English” names aren’t anglo saxon.

True Anglo saxon names would be like Egbert, Ethelwulf, ethelbard, ethelbert, ethelred (they really liked Ethel, didn’t they? it mean “noble” in anglo saxon), alfred (Aelfraed = “elf wisdom”), then also Edward (”rich protector”), Edgar, Eadwig etc.

The typical “English” names tend to be either Norman French or Jewish in origin - like John, James, Oliver, Henry, etc.

[Cronos]

Oer, Cymru welsh town names!!

like Aberystwyth.

And I live in Poland with names like Szczebrzeszyn!

[Does so]

Pict...

[dljordan]

I was joking. :)