Pickles Fails to Finger the Rubbish Rulers
Weekly bin collections may be scrapped - Telegraph
The Defra policy document puts forward plans to cut weekly collections, shrink the size of wheelie bins and roll out new "bin taxes" of ｣466 a year, and recommends changes to planning rules so new homes get a reduced service.
These cutbacks should be adopted by all local authorities, it adds.
Eric Pickles, the shadow communities secretary, said: "This shocking document proves that ministers in Whitehall are behind the cuts to weekly rubbish collections, over-zealous bin fines and shrinking the size of household bins."
No Pickles, Defra are merely the willing lapdogs of the real masters in Brussels.