More than three million households in Britain have rubbish bins equipped with "waste stealth tax" technology, it was claimed last night.Whatever next? No doubt the next 'crime' in the Uk will be the 'caught putting rubbish in someone else's bin' -- a real vile and vicious crime some whitehall boffin will determine is worth life imprisonment -- no seriously; dustbins with microchips and cameras? It is Big Brother Kingdom gone crazy!!
Daily Telegraph, says:
"Ahead of today's publication of the Government's national waste strategy, a survey revealed that 68 town halls have spent millions of pounds buying bins with microchips. The figure is double previous estimates and will fuel fears that Labour has been moving secretly towards a European-style "bin tax". The microchips, together with reading equipment which could be installed in refuse lorries, would allow councils to weigh each household's rubbish. The system could eventually be used to charge households for the amount of non-recyclable waste they produce, which currently has to be buried in landfill sites."
I suppose in a few years time the Uk general public will be able to say ''bin there; done that ... threw away the tee shirt and the video and the book; got fined for it'
Daily Telegraph, says:
"Ahead of today's publication of the Government's national waste strategy, a survey revealed that 68 town halls have spent millions of pounds buying bins with microchips. The figure is double previous estimates and will fuel fears that Labour has been moving secretly towards a European-style "bin tax". The microchips, together with reading equipment which could be installed in refuse lorries, would allow councils to weigh each household's rubbish. The system could eventually be used to charge households for the amount of non-recyclable waste they produce, which currently has to be buried in landfill sites."
I suppose in a few years time the Uk general public will be able to say ''bin there; done that ... threw away the tee shirt and the video and the book; got fined for it'
