Bailiffs will step in for unpaid bin taxes
This is sheer madness criminalising honest people why the thugs and muggers justt receive a caution!
Bailiffs will step in for unpaid bin taxes
By Rosa Prince
Last Updated: 2:14am GMT 28/01/2008
Bailiffs will be brought in to deal with those who do not pay their bin taxes under the new "pay as you throw" waste scheme.
From April the amount of non-recycled waste thrown away by families in five areas of Britain will be monitored using hidden microchips.
As well as the expense of putting chips in bins, councils which adopt the scheme will have to pay for weighing machines in refuse collection trucks, locks to stop people dumping their rubbish in neighbours' bins and potentially higher costs for cleaning up litter if the scheme leads to increased fly-tipping.
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Councils will also have to invest in new administrative systems and computer technology to work out bills for individual households.
The revelation that bailiffs would be used to collect debts was made by Joan Ruddock, the environment minister, in response to a written question.
She said: "It is envisaged that local authorities would be able to recover any money owed by residents through the courts as a civil debt."
A Department for the Environment spokesman added that the scheme was at the pilot stage and no figures had been set for bin charges.
But Eric Pickles, the shadow local government spokesman, said: "Bin taxes, and their sinister bin chip technology, will be very expensive to implement, meaning town halls will be under pressure to raise every penny they can.
"The end result will be to give perverse incentives for people to fly-tip or burn their household rubbish, harming the environment.
"Bin taxes aren't a green tax - they're Labour's latest excuse to tax more by stealth.'Barrie runs the parking ticket appeal website AppealNow.com
Remember you can fight back against illegally issued parking tickets.
If you want to appeal such a parking ticket but don't know how - then visit
http://www.appealnow.com
where you can appeal online in 4½ minutes.
© 2006 & 2007 & 2008 Barrie Segal - All Rights reserved
Barrie Segal is the founder of AppealNow.com™ and is a regular radio broadcaster in the UK.
Barrie is the author of The Parking Ticket Awards: Crazy Councils, Meter Madness and Traffic Warden Hell
publishing date 1st August 2007 - click on the title to order
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Bailiffs will step in for unpaid bin taxes
By Rosa Prince
Last Updated: 2:14am GMT 28/01/2008
Bailiffs will be brought in to deal with those who do not pay their bin taxes under the new "pay as you throw" waste scheme.
From April the amount of non-recycled waste thrown away by families in five areas of Britain will be monitored using hidden microchips.
As well as the expense of putting chips in bins, councils which adopt the scheme will have to pay for weighing machines in refuse collection trucks, locks to stop people dumping their rubbish in neighbours' bins and potentially higher costs for cleaning up litter if the scheme leads to increased fly-tipping.
advertisement
Councils will also have to invest in new administrative systems and computer technology to work out bills for individual households.
The revelation that bailiffs would be used to collect debts was made by Joan Ruddock, the environment minister, in response to a written question.
She said: "It is envisaged that local authorities would be able to recover any money owed by residents through the courts as a civil debt."
A Department for the Environment spokesman added that the scheme was at the pilot stage and no figures had been set for bin charges.
But Eric Pickles, the shadow local government spokesman, said: "Bin taxes, and their sinister bin chip technology, will be very expensive to implement, meaning town halls will be under pressure to raise every penny they can.
"The end result will be to give perverse incentives for people to fly-tip or burn their household rubbish, harming the environment.
"Bin taxes aren't a green tax - they're Labour's latest excuse to tax more by stealth.'Barrie runs the parking ticket appeal website AppealNow.com
Remember you can fight back against illegally issued parking tickets.
If you want to appeal such a parking ticket but don't know how - then visit
http://www.appealnow.com
where you can appeal online in 4½ minutes.
© 2006 & 2007 & 2008 Barrie Segal - All Rights reserved
Barrie Segal is the founder of AppealNow.com™ and is a regular radio broadcaster in the UK.
Barrie is the author of The Parking Ticket Awards: Crazy Councils, Meter Madness and Traffic Warden Hell
publishing date 1st August 2007 - click on the title to order
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