"I noticed my bus was approaching, so I just poured the leftover bit, Yesilyurt told the BBC. It wasn't much just a tiny little bit. As soon as I turned around, three men, enforcement officers, were chasing me, and they stopped me immediately. I thought it was about the bus. I had no clue pouring liquid into a drain was illegal. It was quite a shock."
"The officers told her she was in breach of section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, which makes it an offence to dispose of waste in a way that could pollute land or water. Richmond upon Thames council said its officers acted professionally and objectively and that the fine had been issued in line with council policy."
"I asked if there were any signs or anything saying you can't pour coffee away, she said. They didn't answer me. She described the encounter as quite intimidating and said she felt shaky afterwards. They told me I did something criminal."
A woman in west London emptied the dregs of her reusable morning coffee into a street drain while waiting for a bus and was issued a £150 fixed-penalty notice. Three enforcement officers stopped her near Richmond station and cited a breach of section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act, which prohibits disposing of waste in ways that could pollute land or water. Richmond upon Thames council said officers acted professionally and that the fine followed council policy. The woman asked whether public signage warned about the rule but received no answer and said the encounter left her feeling intimidated and shaken.
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