We have to stand up to litter louts. Fines won’t stop them | Alice Arnold

Those who drop rubbish will increasingly be 'hit in the pocket'. But only a change of attitude will work, and that means confronting them

It's over three years ago that I threw a plastic bottle back through the car window whence it came. I thought little of it at the time until I tweeted about it and a small media storm erupted. Apparently, it was not normal to stand up to litter louts. Which is not to say that the issue is not important to people. It is clearly something many of us feel very strongly about. We just don't take any action.

Now I hear that the Department for Communities and Local Government is planning to increase fines for dropping litter. The minimum fine is set to double to 100, with communities minister Marcus Jones claiming that those who drop litter would be "hit in the pocket".

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