{"id":4994,"date":"2026-08-03T15:50:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=4994"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:50:51","slug":"i-was-fined-500-after-putting-a-coffee-cup-in-a-rubbish-bag-next-to-a-full-bin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=4994","title":{"rendered":"I was fined \u00a3500 after putting a coffee cup in a rubbish bag next to a full bin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reader expresses consternation after enforcement officer issues penalty notice outside station in London<\/p>\n<p><strong>I was outside London Waterloo railway station<\/strong><strong> and was looking for a bin to dispose of an empty coffee cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The only bin I <\/strong><strong>could see was <\/strong><strong>completely <\/strong><strong>full, but there was a plastic bag containing rubbish at the base.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2026\/aug\/03\/littering-fine-coffee-cup-rubbish-bag-next-to-full-bin\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href='https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2026\/aug\/03\/littering-fine-coffee-cup-rubbish-bag-next-to-full-bin' target='_blank'>Read the original article on www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reader expresses consternation after enforcement officer issues penalty notice outside station in London I was outside London Waterloo railway station and was looking for a bin to dispose of an empty coffee cup. The only bin I could see was completely full, but there was a plastic bag containing rubbish at the base. Continue reading&#8230; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}