Vape and cigarette waste reports & FPNs for littering
Case reference FOI2024/02081
Received 12 December 2024
Published 7 January 2025
Request
Please could you provide the following information:
1. The number of reports of cigarette butt waste from 1st January 2023 to 12th December 2024.
2. The number of reports of vape waste from 1st January 2023 to 12th December 2024.
3. The number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued by your council in 2023 and 2024 for the littering of cigarette butts.
4. The number of FPNs for littering cigarette butts that were not paid within the allocated time frame and subsequently went to court in 2023 and 2024.
Response
1. The number of reports of cigarette butt waste from 1st January 2023 to 12th December 2024.
A: 24 cigarette butt waste reports / investigations
2. The number of reports of vape waste from 1st January 2023 to 12th December 2024.
A: Information on vape waste is not currently captured and recorded
3. The number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued by your council in 2023 and 2024 for the littering of cigarette butts.
A: 6 FPNs issued
4. The number of FPNs for littering cigarette butts that were not paid within the allocated time frame and subsequently went to court in 2023 and 2024.
A: Nil prosecutions relating to littering of cigarette butts
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