Aberdeen council’s £32,000 blitz on litterbugs
345% rise in fines
By Jennifer McKiernan political reporter
Published: 10/07/2012
A CRACKDOWN on littering has seen a 345% rise in fines in the last five years.
Aberdeen City Council’s 74-strong team of wardens slapped 641 litterbugs with fines between April 2011 and April this year.
Fines handed out total more than £32,000 this year.
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