[Margaret Pilkington]

I am not getting at your reasoning Dave. Just pointing out that some bins really do need to be emptied on a more frequent than 4 weekly basis.(Ok, so this industrial action is not going to happen every week)
Bury are bringing in refuse collection of household waste on a three weekly basis......so if they are doing this, then other councils will be thinking about watching how it goes in Bury and this may become the norm. It is then only a short stretch to monthly collections.
Perhaps we (as a household of just two adults) would cope with this....but others who have different circumstances may not.