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Why a woman was fined 拢1k for 'fly-tipping an envelope'
Loretta Alvarez from Feltham says she is unable to pay the fine.
A woman from Feltham has been fined 拢1,000 by her local council for fly-tipping an envelope outside her flat.
26 year old Loretta Alvarez said the communal bins - shared with about 25 other properties - were full, so she placed the cardboard envelope on top of cardboard next to the bins.
Ms Alvarez says she cannot afford to pay and is now being threatened with legal action.
Hounslow Council said fly tipping was defined as leaving waste anywhere in public apart from in a bin, regardless of whether bins are full.
麻豆社 Radio London's Ross Ryan has more.
