Re: The great rubbish rip-off revealed
Originally Posted by
Longdogs
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My local rubbish tip has been charging for some time now, I hate to think how much I have had to fork out over the past few years, despite already paying for rubbish removal in our council taxes.
Someone has suddenly realised that the sharp rise in fly-tipping is directly linked to the charges imposed at recycling/rubbish centres.
Really? That took a while to work out. Anyway, it looks as though the charges could be withdrawn.... hopefully.
I'm sure my local tip is a privately owned company but there are plans to make rubbish collection the council's own responsibility as it used to be.
A bit annoying though that my Council isn't listed.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...bbish-tax.html
Hi
You can blame the Tory Government for this one.
Councils get fined for sending too much to landfill.
Councils are legally obliged to remove and dispose of Household Waste.
The definition of Household Waste was changed to exclude garden waste and DIY waste which was previously included.
Government were told that it would just cuse fly tipping and it would be cheaper to collect it.
They ignored the advice.
The biggest companies involved in refuse collection and disposal here in the UK are French.
They make large profits from it.