Smoking may not be good for your health but dropping a cigarette butt in Cambridgeshire is not so good either. A smoker who was spotted throwing a cigarette butt to the ground at Whittlesford Service Station has been fined £400.
The smoker was seen by an officer from South Cambridgeshire District Council discarding their smoked cigarette end on the floor.
“The person was standing beside their car after coming out of the services,” said a council spokesperson.
“The offender was given the opportunity to pay a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) for £400 rather than attend court for the offence.
Cllr Natalie Warren Green, Lead Cabinet Member for Environmental Services and Waste for South Cambridgeshire District Council, said: “Cigarette butts might be small, but their impact is huge.
“They pollute our streets, harm wildlife, and make our district look uncared for.
“Tossing cigarette butts on the ground is like saying you don’t care about our community, and in this case, at a service station, it presented a clear fire hazard too.
“As a council we are sending a clear message to respect our shared spaces and dispose of waste properly.”
FACT FILE
Figures from Keep Britain Tidy show cigarette butts make up more than two thirds of all littered items, with nearly 3 million cigarette ends being litter in the UK every day.
