A woman has been handed a £500 fine for fly-tipping after leaving a cabinet for free collection outside her home.
Isabelle Pepin, from Southbourne in Bournemouth, said she left the piece of furniture out as it “still had some life left in it”.
An enforcement officer issued the fine to Ms Pepin on her doorstep after warning her to move the cabinet off the street three weeks earlier. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP) said: “Action on fly-tipping is taken to ensure communities can fully enjoy where they live and have pride in their neighbourhood.
Ms Pepin, who works as an artist, said residents in the area often left useable furniture out for a few days to see if it would be of use to someone else in the community.
She said: “I have been living here for 12 years and I been doing this for 12 years and I’ve never had any complaints or indication that this was something that was illegal.
After the warning, she moved the cabinet onto her driveway to be collected. People are very polite and probably wouldn’t go on your property to take something because they’d be worried about that,” she said.
Source: BBC
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