Hit those housholders one more time.

Once again we see an attack on households - people are throwing too much rubbish away so we'll give them smaller bins. Now previously I've had a go at the whiners; if you can't fit all your rubbish in the bin you're generating too much rubbish, but this is ridiculous.

So if you're reducing the amount of waste we can get rid of I'm assuming you'll be increasing the amount and range of recyclables you're picking up? Nope.

A delightful exchange on the BBC this morning where one women complained that her council wouldn't pick up her bags of recycling, the spokesman gave a masterful reply which insinuated that the bags weren't filled with recyclables or perhaps not the right sort of recyclables and that they hoped to educate people on this issue. In other words a non-answer. They want you to decrease the amount of waste while at the same time failing to pick up the recyclables or collecting everything that could possibly be recycled because they don't cover that particular material.

So the onus is placed squarely back onto householders, sort out all your rubbish. Put only that which the council will recycle into the correct bins then take the other stuff to your local recycling centre. Uh-huh so will the council provide bins for us to store this extra waste or do they expect us to visit the centre every day? How are they expecting people to get there? Hauling bags down the street? Nah just fill the car and drive down, wait a sec aren't we supposed to be using the cars less; what about those who rely on public transport do we want them clambering aboard with bags of refuse?

So smaller bins, fortnightly or alternate collections hmm do you think we're going to see more fly-tipping?

This all appears to be a knee-jerk reaction on a par with charging per weight with little appreciation of the knock-on effects.