And now they want to weigh my rubbish?

trevormax

This is the first step to madness. It wont be long before they start to measure what you flush down the loo. Too much fibre in your diet and your council tax/water rates will go up.

tripled

Personally, I think if it was properly implemented, it would be a good idea:

• Lockable bins
• Proper weekly kerbside recycling collections, which can take all products (e.g. at the moment I don't have a glass collection)
• Clear descriptions on all packaging so it is easy to know what to do with it
• Force manufacturers to reduce excess packaging and use recyclable packaging
• Local points for disposing of electricals, batteries, household appliances, etc
• The taxes levied on anyone who goes over 'quota' used entirely towards combatting fly-tipping, burning of toxic materials (e.g. plastic), if anything left overused for local environmental works and other good causes

The problem is, the councils will most likely bring in a half-arsed system which won't make it easier to recycle because they can then grab the revenue as another stealth tax.

Nessynoo

What does it matter what your rubbish weighs?

I thought volume was what mattered, in terms of landfill.

e.g, 10kg of brick takes up much less landfill than 10kg of polystyrene.

Storck

The landfill tax is worked out by weight.

Owain_Moneysaver

focae wrote: »

Are we going raving bonkers?:eek:

We will all have to lock our wheelie bins to stop the neighbours fly tipping at night

I hope not - I've had some good things out of neighbours' bins :j

anewman

Fill the bin to the brim with lead and see if the truck can actually lift the bin and weigh it

trisontana

This from the Mailwatch website:-

The chips are for no other reason than allowing the council to identify the individual bin.

The chips link a bin to an individual house. So that if they get stolen, or somebody is wrongly using someone else's bin, this can be identified.

The councils basically have problems with bins being stolen, and households using more than one bin. As in, stealing other people's.

The chips allow these bins to be found, and these people be identified, when it happens.

That really is it.

Chris James
Kingswood Borough Council (Bristol)

peter_the_piper

trisontana wrote: »

This from the Mailwatch website:-

The chips are for no other reason than allowing the council to identify the individual bin.

The chips link a bin to an individual house. So that if they get stolen, or somebody is wrongly using someone else's bin, this can be identified.

The councils basically have problems with bins being stolen, and households using more than one bin. As in, stealing other people's.

The chips allow these bins to be found, and these people be identified, when it happens.

That really is it.

Chris James
Kingswood Borough Council (Bristol)

And mobile phones are only for making phone calls, that really is it.

anewman

I have an ingenius solution for ensuring noone steals your bin. They're big number stickers and cost about £1. Or you could also use a permanent marker. That gives more of a clue who the bin belongs to than a microchip joe public can't read.

If I was asked to buy a microchipped bin I'd say no thanks, the current one is fine.

peter_the_piper

Ours were presumably chipped before they started the fortnightly collections a couple of years ago. Lots of folk around here paint their number and road on the bin, they don't get nicked that way,
cheaper than chips.