Residents Could Be Hit With £5,000 Rubbish Collection Fine For Leaving Bin Out

Council employees will patrol the streets and dish out £100 penalty notices, under a new plan.
Residents who fail to pay within two weeks could end up with a £5,000 fee and be left with a criminal record.
Homeowners are at risk of being fined if they fail to remove their bins after a collection or leave them in the wrong place.
Bin owners should only put their rubbish out the night before and remove them the day of the rubbish collection.
Residents could receive a fine if they fail to put their bin in spaces allocated outside their homes.
Under proposed changes, councils could refuse to empty bins that are too far from a curb, not placed directly outside a gate or put out on the street too early.

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