Overview

• Natasha Sheldon Lane, 35, was told to take part in an interview under caution after a plastic parcel envelope with her address was found in a Duke Street bin in Flint.
• Because she is a full-time carer and cannot travel to the Alltami depot, an environmental crime officer arranged a home visit for the interview.
• She says an officer advised she could face a £300 fly‑tipping penalty or, at the officer’s discretion, a £75 littering fine.
• Flintshire Council states that disposing of household or business waste in public litter bins is an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, with fines of up to £5,000 for illegal dumping.
• Lane says she was told she was being held responsible for the bin’s contents because her item carried an address label and that she was the fourth such case investigated that week, prompting local outrage online.