Re It is a covert price increase, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx yes it is, but let us be reasonable over this. Costs go up but the Councils are under pressure not to raise local rates but supply a modicum of good service so is it not surprising some services get the chop, as many have. So in this particular matter, the service has been withdrawn and offered to be replaced at a cost to those who need it. We should to put ourselves in the position of those at the Council, do they withdraw the service and leave it at that or for those with gardens etc and who produce waste therefrom, continue but at a fee. I don't know what Ealing Council does with this waste but in Southampton where I also live, they recycle it by turning it into compost and sell that in bags. I am not aware of such being done here. I don't suppose for one moment those sales would pay for the collection service but would be a useful gesture? One cannot blame the Council for raising money how they can, as long as it is reasonable. A much worse example, for those who have long memories is when local rates used to include that for water( supply and collection ) but which long since have been the subject of a separate charge and an enormous one at that, getting on now for a third of the normal rates bill. This post will no doubt make me unpopular, but that ain't nothing unusual!!
Tony Price ● 5280d