Most street drains these days are for stormwater only and are not connected to the sewerage system or a proper wastewater treatment plant, thus pouring liquids into them is not much different from just pouring them into nature somewhere.
Comment on Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 4 days ago
I’m confused, what’s the issue with pouring coffee down a drain? Isn’t a drain for liquid waste?
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x00z@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Then I don’t see an issue as I would just pour out coffee in nature too.
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 3 days ago
Genuinely never knew this, I thought they were all connected to the sewers. Doesn’t this effectively mean we can never get the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the UK?
Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah, sorry, we can only have Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.
dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
If only there was a way to find out.
moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 4 days ago
The article says the fine has now been cancelled, but originally someone from the council defended the fine by saying:
Pretty ridiculous. Coffee is an organic substance right? Made from roasted coffee beans. I could maybe understand if someone was pouring industrial chemicals into the sewers but coffee surely shouldn’t be a problem.
Also of course big water companies get away with dumping sewage into rivers, but a very small amount of coffee apparently needs to be harshly punished. One rule for big business and another rule for common people.