Not one council has come forward to take part in the bonkers “pay as you throw” scheme Ananova - Councils rubbish 'bin tax' plansLocal authorities had been asked to apply to take part in the scheme, which would have begun in April, but Defra said that no council had responded by the deadline.
Environment Minister Jane Kennedy said: “The powers in the Climate Change Act enabling up to five voluntary pilot schemes were introduced at the request of local authorities and it is up to them whether they want to use them.”
"No local authorities have expressed an interest in piloting a scheme at this time.”
Surprise, surprise the councils don’t want to alienate the public, they don’t want to implicate themselves in a scheme that is rubbish.
They don’t want to see a revolution on the Poll Tax scale, nor do they want to listen to the people demanding a reduction in the Council Tax.
The Government as usual have not thought it through, we pay tax to the council for the collection and disposal of our rubbish, the recycling world is in a hole, they don’t know what to do with all the paper, cardboard and plastic they have stored.
The councils it seems are listening to us, when will the Government?
Angus
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