The Socialist minds at work again...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6957814.stm
The government said it had finished a consultation on "pay-as-you-throw" and was looking at changing the law.
A Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs spokeswoman said: "We would need to change the law to introduce variable waste charges and it might be possible to do something in the Climate Change Bill.
"It would be a cost-neutral option, not a stealth tax, and local authorities could only take it up if they had the infrastructure to enable people to recycle."
The LGA said its survey showed public support for changing the law to allow councils to introduce waste charges.
The three schemes outlined by the LGA are:
Householders buy different sized pre-paid rubbish sacks, which it says would be practical in urban areas
Wheelie bins fitted with microchips allowing rubbish to be weighed as it is dumped into the refuse truck
Homes choose the size of their wheelie bin and are charged accordingly
And 64% of the population think this is a good idea and is somehow going to cost them less money....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6957814.stm
The government said it had finished a consultation on "pay-as-you-throw" and was looking at changing the law.
A Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs spokeswoman said: "We would need to change the law to introduce variable waste charges and it might be possible to do something in the Climate Change Bill.
"It would be a cost-neutral option, not a stealth tax, and local authorities could only take it up if they had the infrastructure to enable people to recycle."
The LGA said its survey showed public support for changing the law to allow councils to introduce waste charges.
The three schemes outlined by the LGA are:
Householders buy different sized pre-paid rubbish sacks, which it says would be practical in urban areas
Wheelie bins fitted with microchips allowing rubbish to be weighed as it is dumped into the refuse truck
Homes choose the size of their wheelie bin and are charged accordingly
And 64% of the population think this is a good idea and is somehow going to cost them less money....
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