Don't Brits drop rubbish? Council puts up anti-littering signs in THREE foreign languages but not English Labour-run Haringey council accused of wasting money on notices Warns of £75 fines in Greek, Turkish and Slovenian - but not English A council has come under fire for putting up signs warning of fines for littering in three different languages - and none of them is English. Labour-run Haringey council was accused of wasting taxpayers" money on the signs which are "unintelligible" to the majority of passers-by. The tri-lingual signs have sprung up in North London to the alarm of local residents. Rubbish: The new signs put up by Haringey council warn against littering in Polish, Kurdish and Turkish The large signs have been attached to lamposts warning of a £75 fixed penalty for anyone caught dropping litter or throwing rubbish from their car. It status that it is an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and states that fines can be as high as £2,500. But the warnings are written in Greek, Turkish and Slovenian- with the only English being the name of the council under its black and orange logo. Fines: The signs warn of £75 fixed penalty charges, rising to £2,500 for anyone caught dropping litter The signs have raised eyebrows on the streets of Haringey. Kay Carter, local resident and Conservative activist, said: "This is yet another appalling waste of money from Labour-run Haringey council. If signs are necessary they should be in English. It's ridiculous to waste council taxpayers money on signs that target a small segment of the local population and are unintelligible to the rest. Earlier this year Haringey council was accused of ordering CCTV 'spy' cars to hit minimum targets for issuing penalty notices - despite the practice being illegal. The alleged policy revealed in a series of leaked emails. They showed the council's CCTV cars were told to issue at least 260 fines a day - a total of 87,360 a year. The council has denied imposing a quota for fines. A Haringey Council spokesman said: 'Littering is an offence that our residents rightly expect us to tackle, and that includes issuing on-the-spot fines to people caught littering. However, these are old signs that were used for a limited time in areas where a number of people caught littering did not understand English. We no longer produce any enforcement signs that do not include English.