Just found out that the price charged by the council for the garden bin is almost doubling.
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I have decided, on principle, (to cut my nose off) that I am going to cancel my direct debit and request they collect my bin.
Another council who provided the service free decided to introduce a charge. I cancelled that one too. There wasn't much in this and I informed them that it would be black binned. It was actually composted in the woodland but don't tell em. They later relented as the costs of clearing up from fly tippers and more black bin rubbish offset the income from the charge and they weren't meeting their waste reduction targets. They also had a problem with what to do with all the returned bins.
I know that some are struggling but it looks like price gouging to me. I think it sends the wrong message and if I'm complaining what are the others who are not so well off going to do. Probably black bin or fly tip too.
Rant mode - OFF!