[jambutty]

If councils are going to weigh each wheelie bin as it is emptied I hope that they will take into account the ‘tare’ weight. I know of three different sizes of wheelie bin and obviously they will all have a different ‘tare’ weight. Most people will have the standard size but there is a smaller size in use and a larger one that I have.

Living on my own as I do and having a larger than normal bin I only need to put it out once in six weeks or sometimes eight weeks. I recycle glass, plastic, metal and paper and thin cardboard like cornflakes packets and the like.

Blackburn with Darwen Council have promulgated a collection schedule then go and ignore it and collect the grey bin every week. On balance, where I live, the collections are OK.

There is also the question of all those people who receive Council Tax benefits either in full or in part. It would be wrong to charge them extra.

I use the plastic carrier bags given out free (but not really free) by the supermarkets to dispose of my non-recyclable rubbish which contains left over food and the like in an attempt to prevent flies from doing their bit. So if the supermarkets stop giving out plastic carrier bags my bin will become a transport café for flies and a breeding pen for maggots.

I read somewhere the other day (Ceefax I think) that if you hang a moth ball in the wheelie bin it will deter flies from trying to get in and any that do will kill them off.

The real solution to throw away rubbish is to use the technology to burn it without producing CO2 and using the generated heat to run a power station. Scotland claims to lead the world in no CO2 burning technology.

Or mix the rubbish with concrete into large blocks and coat the blocks with a layer of concrete. Then take them out off shore and build an island or a causeway between islands.

Over to you Tealeaf. Here’s your chance to denigrate my suggestions as in the crackpot category.