It looks like the council are going to fine people up to £1000 for fly tipping if black bags are found left out for collection. The numbers of these bags has increased since they introduced fortnightly collections.
The residents say they are recycling their rubbish, that the bins aren't of sufficient capacity to deal with their non-recyclable waste. The council say that they cannot go back to weekly collections, as people will revert back to not recycling their waste.
I'm sure there are lazy gits who will never recycle if they can help it, after all, looking at some people's back yards they can't even find their own bin. But larger families must struggle to keep their waste down to the level of one bins worth for two weeks. The council say they can provide help with any exess waste, bit this provision seems to be inadequate, as they are over-run with enquiries.
What the threat of a fine will do to stop this practice in effect will do is that there will be more (real) fly tipping, and people will put their bin out one morning, come home and find a pile of bin bags next to their property with a summons attatched!
Do you manage alright with fortnightly collections? I once forgot to put the bin out one week, so had to squeeze four weeks worth of rubbish into the bin before the next co9llection, will it be like this come the christmas holidays?
What's the answer? And how do we make persistant non-recyclers and fly-tippers change their ways?