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Yeah, right. That only matters if they catch you. And can they keep you from burying cans in your back yard? And can they keep you from burning your garbage on your grill? Or flushing it down your toilet? Or taking it to work with you and putting it in your company dumpster?

It's a lot harder to track waste than production. For instance, if you are actually putting all your waste out in cans by the road like you are supposed to, the people who pick up the trash would have to weigh everybody's trash every pickup and keep a record of it, so they would know what to tax you. Somehow, I don't think that is ever going to happen. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

In Ireland, we have 2 bins and even 3 in some areas. One for refuse which cannot be recycled, the others are for recyclable materials. There are charges for refuse collection in all areas. In some areas (depends on local councils) the refuse bin is WEIGHED and the householder is billed accordingly. Most of us recycle plastic, paper, aluminium and tin cans, and glass. Also there is a recycling charge on electrical goods and no charge for dumping same at local facility. Human nature being what it is, I have seen people dumping refuse in bins at a beach where I holiday.

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