[Bonnyboy]

Being a fairly active recycler plus the fact that there are only two of us in the house I don’t think this will effect us too much. I can see however that it will effect larger families and families with low income. Life is hard enough when your living on the “breadline”.

I think a far greater effort has to be made at making those who do not recycle start to do so and that all the “grey” areas about what can and cannot be recycled are made black and white.

A couple of small issues I’ve noticed.

1. Some neighbouring bins can be at the overflowing stage come emptying day. A collection team member walks the round some way in front of the bin wagon. He positions all the wheelie bins so that they can be emptied more easily. What the chap on our round also does, is distribute any excess bags into the half full wheelie bins. Will have to watch for that should we start having to pay.

2. I have also had two instances where a bin bag has become lodged in the bottom of the wheelie bin and the bin returned after being emptied with the bin bag still inside. I assume that if we have to pay then any weighing equipment will be on the lifting gear of the bin wagon, I would also assume that the said bin bag would be weighed and paid for twice when this occurs.