[jambutty]

So it looks like the various councils will go ahead with this bin bug scheme once they get the go ahead from the government.

However there is a problem. My black wheelie bin is larger than the standard and thus will weigh more and some people have smaller bins than standard and they will weigh less than the standard. When they weigh the bin the total weight will probably be recorded and the weight of the standard bin will be deducted to arrive at the nett weight of the rubbish. So unless our esteemed council have taken into account that some people have different sized bins I could end up paying for rubbish that isn’t actual rubbish but my bin. Conversely others will get some of their rubbish taken away for free.

We all know that a portion of our Council Tax goes to finance the rubbish collection. I assume that it will be reduced pro rata. Yeh! And pigs might fly.

Then there is the situation of all those who have their Council Tax paid because they are on benefits. How will they be treated? Badly I should imagine.

On one of the very rare occasions when I was up and about when the binmen came round, as I shuffled towards my car one binman said to me, “Where’s yu bin?”

I replied, “I’s bin here all the time. Where’s you bin?”