Andy Tierney was fined 50 [pounds sterling] for tossing junk mail into a public trash can in Leicestershire, England.
Andy Tierney was fined 50 [pounds sterling] for tossing junk mail See spam and junk faxes. into a public trash can In the Macintosh, a simulated garbage can used for deleting files and folders. The trash can keeps the files intact in case the user wants to restore them, but can be "emptied" from time to time to save disk space. in Leicestershire, England. Local officials explain that mail is classified as "domestic litter litter /lit·ter/ (lit´er) stretcher.
lit·ter
n.
1. A flat supporting framework, such as a piece of canvas stretched between parallel shafts, for carrying a disabled or dead person; a " and should not be put in public cans.
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