mansize wrote: » I'm sure that can be explained
mansize wrote: » Most households pay for waste disposal anyway, so its not another charge, its just ensuring that people are correctly disposing of their rubbish. I don't see the problem. Pay by weight is to get you to recycle more.
kneemos wrote: » At least they burned it and not just **** it in like I've seen elsewhere.
henryporter wrote: » You have heard of the 'Polluter pays' idea - if it's your rubbish why should others who can afford to pay more have to pay, just because others like to hide behind 'socialist' beliefs and not bother their backsides to pay for anything they use/consume/pollute?
mansize wrote: » Pay by weight doesn't include recycling afaik. Large fines will deter illegal dumpers. Some would be dumping illegally anyway.
Jayop wrote: » Pay by weight will cause more flytipping from people who are otherwise paying for dumping rubbish legally.
uch wrote: » Where I am, your annual standing charge covers the recycling, whether you use it or not, but contents of recycling bin are free from charge, so in theory I'm still paying for my recycling
mansize wrote: » why would people start flytipping??? Its not something I imagine most reasonable people would do.
HensVassal wrote: » So what happens to Jane next door who is a little vegan hippy. Lives on nothing but lentils and throws the leftovers on her little compost heap. She pays 60 quid and literally puts nothing out. Does she get a refund ay the end of the year?
And with John....he's stumped up 60 quid too, but this slob generates tons of rubbish. 10 bags a week what with all his beer cans, pizza boxes, curry cartons, newspapers for him and his slob family. He'll still dump the sh1t in the mountains if he determines he'll have burnt through his 60 quid deposit in the first fortnight and will then be getting charged 100 a month for his waste....no?
neacy69 wrote: » John also pays by weight so fly tips any big/heavy stuff
screamer wrote: » A lot of households in rural areas don't even have a waste disposal service that services their area and have to use the council collection points. It's a heluva lot more money to pay for a bin than take it to the dump yourself.
joeysoap wrote: » To who? The bin company ? The local authority or the judge at the local court? Complete and utter waste of time and effort. If I am fly tipping, I just have to tell the local authority I use 'johnny's! bin as we share, or the judge at a later stage. Right good use of court time that is. It will soon be like the north on 12 July with all the marches we will have here.
screamer wrote: » Jesus where did I say I expect you or anyone to pay for my rubbish disposal? I take it to the collection points and pay to dispose of it. Do I ask you to pay for it? No.
Jayop wrote: » I'm quite sure that most reasonable people wont do it. In fact I'd imagine that already 99.9% of the population are disgusted by fly tipping. It's that 0.1% of unreasonable people who could be persuaded to use their bins for most rubbish but any heavy items will go by the road side. It's not a giant leap of logic.
mansize wrote: » And if they get caught they get fined
marley1 wrote: » I'm not sure if this is mentioned but what is there to stop some adding a couple of rubbish bags into your bin while it sits at the side of the road waiting for collection
NiallBoo wrote: » The advantage of pay-by-weight is that it encourages you to use a compost bin, which is cheaper. Most of what you're left with is non-recyclable plastic which isn't very heavy so you won't be posting much on your black bin.
Jayop wrote: » I should hope so, but how often do they get caught? How often dot hey get fined. Someone gave an example of a buck who will pay the minimum amount per year and still tip the rest of his rubbish. Well at least there'll be less of his rubbish being tipped now/
Speedwell wrote: » They don't give us a compost bin, and we are not allowed to put food waste in the recycle bin.
mansize wrote: » The embarrassment of being caught doing it?
Jayop wrote: » I drive past the one in Cavan every so often and the smell of it some days would knock an ass.