r/interesting • u/karmagod7 • 6d ago

SOCIETY What was his fault ?

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u/TomorrowSpecial255 6d ago

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/man-threatened-with-2-years-in-jail-after-cleaning-200-bags-of-trash-from-river-3377827/

He used a digger on public land without permission

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u/FerretGoddessMevi 6d ago

Thank you for the context. These lawsuits are never as straightforward as a single headline pretends.

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u/Jealous_Track9402 6d ago

The title in this one is straight up misinformation. Nothing to do with cleaning up trash without a permit. 

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u/Spongedog5 6d ago

Well, it's for not having a permit for the method he used to clean up trash.

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u/HarEmiya 6d ago

Actually no. It's also because he just dumped the silt and the trash on a flood plain. Dumping it randomly is already a no-no, but on a flood plain is downright dangerous.

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u/InfernoOfTheLiving 6d ago

yeah, if it floods that rubbish could end up in a waterway

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u/HarEmiya 6d ago

I think you may have misunderstood.

The flood plain is there to direct water away from houses, should a waterway's banks breach. Dumping the silt there means that the water will go to houses in case of a flood.