Many councils 'bug' rubbish bins

[Setarime]

More than 30 councils are fitting microchips to wheelie bins ahead of possible "pay as you throw" schemes.
It is the latest attempt to encourage more recycling to curb the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfill.

Household rubbish would be weighed to within 500 grams on collection trucks and the chips used to identify which property the bin belongs to.

Councils are expecting to get the go-ahead from the government to start using the chips to charge residents.

Quote from BBC News website.

I am all in favour of recycling but the idea of paying for your rubbish is an outrage, surely that is why we pay council tax

[Arwen]

Imo this is just shocking as you said Haggis that is why we all pay council tax. Unbelievable what will they think of next i dread to think

[TGLucario]

well.....oxygen tax?....but its RUBBISH, that we have to pay to recycle!

[Rocol]

Agree .. I think it is an outrage .. I hope they are going to fit free locks on the bins too, as, in my area, we have an early morning collection, so we have to place our bins outside of our proerty, the night before. That is going to lead to folks filling your bin up with their rubbish, in the middle of the night

However, I don't know of many microchips that like strong, magnetic waves, it seems to fry them