Pay as you waste!

If you think you are already paying enough council tax then you have to see this news.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5074558.stm

We could soon be charged based on the amount of waste we are throwing away in the bins. This is a new measure to encourage people to recycle more stuff instead of throwing away everything in the bins. It has been tried in Austria and it has produced some good results. There is also a concern that land fill sites are getting filled up. There were also worries that people could dump their waste into some one elses bins to reduce their charges...that will be interesting!

While it might be a good idea to encourage people to recycle, I don't think there are very good recycle facilities at the moment at all places. I stay in an apartment right now and I can't recycle things as there is no separate bin for recycling. If I have to recycle then I have to take the stuff and put it in the specific bins near Tesco that go to for weekly shopping. I have been trying to do that regularly these days. I guess I am getting used to recycling already :)