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A mum has been hit with a fly-tipping charge after collecting a small parcel from an Aldi collection point and throwing the envelope in the bin. ‌

Natasha Sheldon Lane, 35, has been asked to attend an "interview under caution" after the parcel's plastic envelope was discovered in a public waste bin. Eager to verify the correct order had arrived, she opened the parcel and disposed of its non-recyclable wrapper into a black bin on Duke Street, Flint, Wales. She gave it no further thought until a letter arrived from Flintshire Council's environmental enforcement team. ‌

This alleged she had committed the "unlawful depositing of waste" under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 . Called to an interview with an environmental crime officer at the council's A

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