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Old 08-10-2006, 19:45   #4
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Re: A Tax On Your Dustbin?

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Originally Posted by bullseyebarb
According to stories in the Daily Mail and Daily Express, local authorities are secretly fitting bins with microchips. Bins will be weighed on collection and households charged according to the amount of waste generated. Apparently, there is an EU law mandating a reduction in landfill waste. If true, I can see the law of unintended consequences coming into play here, with people disposing of rubbish in other places.

Has Hyndburn chipped your bins yet?

Roy started a thread about the chipped bins in Hyndburn.


http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ews-24405.html
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