[lettie]

I think that this will be an unworkable system, it sounds feasable in theory but in this less than utopic country that we live in, it will never work.

We have very little rubbish and only put our bin out about once a month, even then, it is only half full. Everything that it is possible to recycle gets recycled. My neighbours (just 2 of them too), fill their bin every fortnight and often have extra bags too. They do some recycling but not a lot. When my bin goes out, I will often put some of their excess into ours so that it will be removed.... Under the charging system that will stop. People would need lockable bins as neighbours would be putting extra bags in somebody else's bin. There will be more bin bags being dumped in alleys and more fly tipping.
Council tax will probably not be reduced in order to accommodate the new rubbish tax, the rubbish tax will be extra. If people on benefits receive a reduction in their rubbish tax this will be seen as unfair to the people who are not on benefits or are not entitled to the discount and could cause quite a furore.

IMO it's an unworkable system.