Businesswoman fined and threatened with lawsuit by 'petty' council for 'fly-tipping' after work experience student put paper in wrong recycling bag

Businesswoman fined and threatened with lawsuit by 'petty' council for 'fly-tipping' after work experience student put paper in wrong recycling bag

The owner of a beauty salon in Hampshire says the council threatened to sue her for fly-tipping after a work experience student inadvertently used the wrong recycling bag to dispose of shredded paper.

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