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U.K.: The 250,000 families with a spy in the bins (Test of trash cans that weigh your garbage)
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | March 16, 2007 | STEVE DOUGHTY

Posted on 03/17/2007 10:41:20 AM PDT by Stoat

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I can't wait until plans are implemented to require special, new, and breathtakingly expensive toilets that will weigh your sewage and charge you accordingly.

Please be sure to look at the Comments area for this Daily Mail story.  Many of them are just priceless, and most people seem so angry they appear nearly apoplectic.

Watch the American Left point to this plan as a 'necessary environmental reform' that they will want to implement here.

1 posted on 03/17/2007 10:41:26 AM PDT by Stoat
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To: Stoat

I think I would be more concerned about the volume of trash and not the weight.


2 posted on 03/17/2007 10:43:50 AM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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To: Stoat

It then should follow that it is now a serious crime to dump trash into someone else's trashbin. Could you imagine neighbors sneaking off to the end of the block to dump some extra trash into their neighbor's cans?

This is getting retarded folks.


3 posted on 03/17/2007 10:44:55 AM PDT by rom (Dateline lied, trucks died!)
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It then should follow that it is now a serious crime to dump trash into someone else's trashbin. Could you imagine neighbors sneaking off to the end of the block to dump some extra trash into their neighbor's cans?

This is getting retarded folks.

According to the readers' comments at the Daily Mail site, this is already happening

4 posted on 03/17/2007 10:46:48 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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Or you could just bribe the garbage man.

Damn, things in the UK just get screwier and screwier.


5 posted on 03/17/2007 10:48:15 AM PDT by NYRepublican72
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6 posted on 03/17/2007 10:48:29 AM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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From the article:

But Tory local government spokesman Eric Pickles said: "Northern Ireland is being used by Labour as a pilot for sinister microchips to be installed in every bin in Britain.

"Such taxes will damage the local environment by causing a surge in fly-tipping and backyard burning in local neighbourhoods.

"Combined with cuts to the frequency of collections, I fear bin taxes are dangerous and will put public health at serious risk."

7 posted on 03/17/2007 10:57:32 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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All three councils run the fortnightly rubbish collection and recycling systems that have proved highly controversial in England, attracting complaints about rat infestations, health threats and fly-tipping.

As for the latter, I would only tip them if they gave exceptional service.

Funny how there is "English" and "English".

8 posted on 03/17/2007 11:13:12 AM PDT by Gorzaloon (Global Warming: A New Kind Of Scientology for the Rest Of Us.)
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Or you could just bribe the garbage man.

I'm guessing that part of the reason for going with microchips is to preclude and circumvent any losses to traditional forms of graft.

The Government wants ALL of the graft dollars, not just a portion.

Surgically-implanted GPS transponders tracked by satellite will be next, so that people who walk more will be taxed more to defray the costs of sidewalk wear and maintenance.

9 posted on 03/17/2007 11:14:00 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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I'd love to see that happen here just so EVERYONE could disable their chips in protest and show what we think of all this intrusion...

Stun guns do a marvelous job of killing chips with their 50,000+ volts...

Although pricier you could manufacture a high powered RF device to kill the chips...

or somehow reprogram the chips to show only xx lbs. of garbage no matter what is actually in the can ,,,, heck ! I'd manufacture and sell said chips...


10 posted on 03/17/2007 11:14:36 AM PDT by Neidermeyer
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heck ! I'd manufacture and sell said chips...

eBay has a thriving UK site full of people eager to save money   :-)

11 posted on 03/17/2007 11:16:54 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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All three councils run the fortnightly rubbish collection and recycling systems that have proved highly controversial in England, attracting complaints about rat infestations, health threats and fly-tipping.

As for the latter, I would only tip them if they gave exceptional service.

Funny how there is "English" and "English".

hehe!  What is the phrase?  "A culture separated by a common language"    :-)

12 posted on 03/17/2007 11:18:39 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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Thanks for posting, I'm glad to see that stupid local government is not limited to Jolly Old England.


Flytipping in the country. Local and private bins, etc, etc. England and the USofA - two countries separated by a common language.
13 posted on 03/17/2007 11:22:13 AM PDT by ASOC ("Once humans are exposed to excellence, mere average desirability is disappointing")
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We don't have trash pick up, we take our trash to the dump, do our own recycling at the same place and the weigh the car going in and coming out. They pay us for our recycling of aluminum cans and we pay for the difference in weight of the vehicle entering and leaving the dump, with a minimus charge of $5.00 per trip. It just makes sense to pay by the weight.


14 posted on 03/17/2007 11:23:52 AM PDT by Eva
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But what the heck is fly tipping? This is the second article I have see with this term. Me I would put the trash in the bin at work.


15 posted on 03/17/2007 11:25:46 AM PDT by doodad
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To: Stoat

That's stupid. People will do what they do around here - take the trash to the local store dumpster or just toss it out in the wilderness.


16 posted on 03/17/2007 11:26:54 AM PDT by meyer (Bring back the Contract with America and you'll bring back the Republican majority.)
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To: ASOC
Thanks for posting,

You're quite welcome and I'm delighted that you find the article worthwhile.  :-0

I'm glad to see that stupid local government is not limited to Jolly Old England.

Socialist and "Big Brother" intrusiveness is often seen first in the UK before the American Left tries to force it down our throats over here.

England and the USofA - two countries separated by a common language.

That was the phrase I was searching for, thank you.  :-)

17 posted on 03/17/2007 11:27:44 AM PDT by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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To: rom

My neighbors do that to me all the time ... even though there is an overflow bin provided for that purpose.

Why? The overflow bin is farther for them to walk than my trash can.


18 posted on 03/17/2007 11:29:00 AM PDT by Let's Roll ("...given the choice between war and dishonor, you chose dishonor - you will have war"- W.Churchill)
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To: ASOC

One major question - what is "fly-tipping"?


19 posted on 03/17/2007 11:29:30 AM PDT by meyer (Bring back the Contract with America and you'll bring back the Republican majority.)
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To: Stoat

Similar thing is happening in my town in New Hampshire.

Starting in July, each household will be allowed only one trashcan. Everything you want collected must fit into that one trashcan.

If you absolutely need another one, you have to pay $75 for it.

Meanwhile, my town taxes will still be going up for "services."


20 posted on 03/17/2007 11:31:51 AM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (L'Chaim!)
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