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I think people would be willing to pay if the collection service that was being offered actually happened, unfortunately it's very hit and miss wether they turn up or not. as for everyone handing their bins back, well that won't happen because the sense of community and everyone sticking together has long gone in this country which is why we all moan at the latest tax ruses by governments and councils,and yet don't do anything about it.

In this "so-called fair" society it's only fair that if other councils have made a charge for emptying brown bins that ours should
(tongue in cheek)
I rarely use mine but it could come in handy for storing spades, forks etc or if your green bin is full you could store any extra bags in it until the green bin is empty again,


lights touchpaper and steps back

Back bag into Green Bin Just like the good old days

I would love to see this back fire on the council going green has just gone going greedy

Stick around. You might get to like us! There are quite a mixed bunch on the chat and quite diverse opinions.

There is alot of money to be made in waste, waste management & recycling these days. The council already have us WORKING for them separating our waste into different bins (we're basically providing unpaid work for the council waste segragation dept) which saves the council a significant amount of cash per year.

Think about all those metal food tins, glass jars & cardboard boxes we send to recycling plants via our council & the tonnes & tonnes of scrap metal, wood, cardboard & any electrical devices - which actually contain a small amount of Gold, that we send to the recycling centres (tip).
This stuff is worth a fortune on an industrial scale. Do the council sell this ASSET (as it's no longer waste) or just give it away. If it's sold then, surely the amount should offset or subsidise some of the cost of any bin collections, therefore lowering council tax. If they give it away, then what a fool this council really are- literally chucking away gold (& other precious resources).

The service they provide is similar to the 'rag & bone man' or that fella who comes round shouting "any old iron!". The council basically scavange our waste & possibly sell it on to recycling merchants. Where does this money go??????????????????

Waste is no longer worthless.......as the saying goes....
One Man's rubbish, is another Man's treasure.

As for the brown bin tax, this is daylight robbery.
I don't need a brown bin as i only have a yard but, all that garden waste collected across wirral is also worth something in the form of good quality compost once decomposed. I've just paid £4 for a small bag of compost for potting plants... What are the council doing with our waste?
If there was no money to be made in segragating garden waste from daily rubbish then, the council would not have gave us wirral folk FREE brown bins to do it in the first place, as the garden waste would quite easily decompose in landfill & i'm thinking it would be cheaper to send to landfill than a sh*tty nappy.
My opinion is that it's all a big con- waste isn't segragated to save the council money, it's to make money.

Think about that! GGRRRRR!!!!

Total Joke, we only have a small front garden and a back yard, so we only put it out about 3-4 times a year. We won't be paying the £35 but think we might keep the bin in the back and use it for compost bin etc.

As I said it back to putting it in the green bin, Going back to last year the council asked the people of the wirral to take part in a survey.

A question was asked "Are you prepared to pay for certain services" Guess what we are now being asked to pay, Why because of 6000+ who took part a majority said YES. I said No

This is only the start.

Before anyone says "but we have a population of 311000" they only respond to those who take part

Agreed, plus I believe there was a particular question on the survey, about charges for brown bins.
I think they intend to remove all the unused brown bins (hence, my son has alresdy had his pinched) If you have to give one back, then you still have another! I can see a lot being piched off those who will pay the £35. It will be like a 'supermarket sweep' for brown bins.
The second point which has been mentioned in an earlier post is 'recycling'. That was the whole purpose of brown bins. The blinking fuss over some poor folk who put a potato in a brown bin etc. Now 'all change' and it can go in together with the dog food, gravy, chicken bones and any old shite.
Makes my blood boil, and Granny doesn't often swear, but they are a bunch of f..ing plonkers. Not one of them could organise a 'piss up in a brewery'

Not only that, this council have wasted money for years. They are now trying to put all the blame on the present day government and making us pay for their own gross mismanagement.

All the stuff from our grey bins goes to China, did you know?

No, I for one didn't but it doesn't surprise me. They way in which we are 'cosying up' to China, we will end up with a swop system in place and swop the humble, grey bin, materials for radioactive waste.......boom!!!!

My my what a cynical bunch you all are

and one could ask why???

Swapping grey bins for radioactive waste to blow things up.

Maybe they're going to make the IED out of all the brown bins people send back!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8469249.stm

Yeh, off topic.

(That makes sense though!)