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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 5:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Apple core litter fine angers County Down driver
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19846121

Quote:
A teacher has said he is angry about being fined £150 for throwing an apple core out of his car into a hedge.

Cyril Falls, 53, who is a teacher at Bangor Academy, County Down, said he thought it was OK to throw the apple core because it is biodegradable.

Exactly how is this a crime?
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sat Oct 06, 2012 7:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple core litter fine angers County Down driver
I used to throw apple cores away like that when walking in Derbyshire. Like the man said, it's biodegradable.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:05 pm ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
I used to throw apple cores away like that when walking in Derbyshire. Like the man said, it's biodegradable.

Exactly and not even an invasive species either. I can only assume that they treat it all as non biodegradable to avoid confusion.
Author:  Spreadie [ Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:57 pm ]
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I wonder where they stand on throwing bread to the birds?
Author:  Linux_User [ Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:02 pm ]
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Spreadie wrote:
I wonder where they stand on throwing bread to the birds?

Catholic or Protestant birds?
Author:  E. F. Benson [ Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:09 pm ]
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good call. Has to be something like that. Or the Officer concerned was fired by the Health and Safety Executive for being over zealous :0
Author:  ProfessorF [ Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:19 pm ]
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Birds need more than bread. Try mealworms instead.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:02 pm ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
I used to throw apple cores away like that when walking in Derbyshire. Like the man said, it's biodegradable.

Exactly and not even an invasive species either. I can only assume that they treat it all as non biodegradable to avoid confusion.

My thought was they probably don't want trees growing on the grass verges of motorways & dual carriageways. One more thing for people to crash into.

Jon
Author:  paulzolo [ Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:32 pm ]
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Are seeds from apples viable? I'm not too sure that they are given that all apples are a heady mix of cuttings from hybrids grafted on to root stock from a different species.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:51 pm ]
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paulzolo wrote:
Are seeds from apples viable?

It kind of doesn't matter, it just matters if they think they're viable.
Author:  tombolt [ Sun Oct 07, 2012 11:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Apple core litter fine angers County Down driver
jonbwfc wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
I used to throw apple cores away like that when walking in Derbyshire. Like the man said, it's biodegradable.

Exactly and not even an invasive species either. I can only assume that they treat it all as non biodegradable to avoid confusion.

My thought was they probably don't want trees growing on the grass verges of motorways & dual carriageways. One more thing for people to crash into.

Jon


Round here when they dig a new road out they plant loads of trees on the scar, so it can't be that.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 5:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple core litter fine angers County Down driver
jonbwfc wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
I used to throw apple cores away like that when walking in Derbyshire. Like the man said, it's biodegradable.

Exactly and not even an invasive species either. I can only assume that they treat it all as non biodegradable to avoid confusion.

My thought was they probably don't want trees growing on the grass verges of motorways & dual carriageways. One more thing for people to crash into.

Jon

In maybe thirty years time and even then they have to survive the verge mowing.
Author:  Fogmeister [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:53 pm ]
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Do they have to fine trees for each time they drop an apple or chestnut?
Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:01 pm ]
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There is an argument for not encouraging wild life to expect to forage on dropped food from humans.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:31 pm ]
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ProfessorF wrote:
There is an argument for not encouraging wild life to expect to forage on dropped food from humans.

The squirrels are in enough trouble for littering chestnuts already.
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