FlightMan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5291222.stm

NotoriousREV

Wow, imagine how much the government could learn about me just from the weight of my bin!

FlightMan

Well they'll certainly know when you on holiday wont they?

jasey

"Mr Bettison, chairman of the LGA's environment board, said charging to collect non-recyclable rubbish would give people " a real carrot to recycle".

Sounds more like a stick to me .

I can just see neighbours in covert operations to put rubbish into other people's bins .

lightning101

Black bag fly-tipping would be the obvious ending to this farce

jasey

We'd end up a nation of pikeys .

Want your drive tarred ?

lightning101

Is that better or worse than a nation of shopkeepers

Leslie

Considerably worse Lightning.

Those chips will proabaly be able to tell the authorities about our personal movements outside the house as well!

Les

jasey

Only if you take your bin with you

danwrx1980

But have none of you read in the papers over the weekend?
90% of all the stuff we put out to be recycled ended up in North African landfill sites, but the government still said they met their targets for this years recycling.
So which is it, have they met their targets or do we need computerisedx bins to charge us for our rubbish. So we pay council tax for the privelige of having our bins emptied, then we have to pay the council to come and empty our bins. Sounds fair to me

I can see a few people refusing to pay their council tax if this idea gets thru the commons. Me for one. Or at least part of it.

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

This is what it is like here in Germany, all outside bins are locked in sheds so only residents have keys to them, or if outside like ours the wheelie bins are locked and you need the key to unlock them, it is also against the law to put rubbish in a bin that is not yours.

We are also not allowed to but cardboard, paper, metal, glass or tetra packs in the bins they must go to th recycling centre along with the 7 grades of household plastic and anything else recyclable. you are also not allowed to put food in the bin that has to go in a special bio bin that is a different colour to the normal bins.

Curtain twitching and reporting your neighbours is commonplace here and is expected. I have had my rubbish returned to me at least twice by our housemeister going through the bins for contraband. I however stuck it straight back in the bin.

Have fun with your new recycling rules you are going to love it

jasey

Maybe they'll leave the speeder alone

Rage!

How are people meant to recycle "non-recyclable rubbish" then?

As someone said, it will end up tossed along the sides of the roads. Whoever thought up this idea needs time out in the dunces corner.

_RIP_

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Maybe its a way to find Bin Laden ?

Sorry, Couldnt resist.