whats this govoment doing waiting to see if the whole country gonna riot against it high tax and jobs for the boys nation.

stu, broadstairs, England

£19000 a year? Is that why the councils' budget are never big enough. Time and time again this labour government has been creating these meaningless jobs to keep the employment figures up using our tax money whilst at the same time draining the national budget. They deserve to lose the elections.

joe, London,

WE pay the same (if not more) council tax for them to dispose of our rubbish for us, it's there job, yet they are now fine you for not having it ready to be collected in perfect order.

Our council tax used to cover them to seperate our rubbish, now then want us to do it and fine us if we dont.

Andy, England, UK,

until the focus is put in waste reduction then its hard to make a change. shops provide excess packaging which often councils will not accept for recycling. this has to go in a bin & takes up space. if you have filled a bin and done all possible recycling what else can you do? take it to the tip?

steve, preston,

that means that at the tip you have to get the rubbish there-by car usually. not env friendly. all for the sake of it ending up in the same place anyway. will just lead to more people fly tipping. a proper waste management solution needs to be found and fines on such a grand scale are not the answer

steve, preston,

I'm a doctor. My shifts sometimes are not social - such as the 9pm to 9am shift. What am I supposed to do?

I am sure there are many others in a similar position who by doing their job are not able to conform to these inane laws.

Richard, London, England

Rubbish collection and the recycling of the rubbish is one of the most important issues environmentally that societies face. All rate payers must attend courses which educate them on the goals that the councils have set themselves. Heavy handed fines seem counter productive.

Jim Wills, Brisbane, Australia

There is a great business opportunity here for a firm that would just take away all your rubbish, in one big bag, no questions asked and send it to some poor country where they'd be glad of the money.

Frank Upton, Solihull,

All i can say to the people of this country...you know what to do on Thursday.

Samantha Jones, Bucks, England

Oh good - another swathe of useless public employees whose final salary pensions we all have to contribute to. Wonder who they will vote for? Welcome to the client state, the Democratic Republic of Gordon Brown.

Jeremy Poynton, Frome, Somerset

Yet the total of fines is just GBP110,000! How many "bin police" salaries will that pay, let alone their perks and pensions? It seems certain councils are making a loss on this.

Tom Welsh, Basingstoke,

Fine, I'll avoid a fine by dumping my excess waste in the bin of the little old lady next door when she's not looking.

What next? DNA testing of rubbish? When manufacturers stop wrapping goods/foods in obscene amounts of packaging, we won't have this problem.

Doreen, Leeds, England

Council should first have in place all methods of waste handling, including food waste collections. This last system will transform waste to a collection of packaging mainly. Uniformity in their practices will help the public cooperate to the max.

John.

John Costigane, Johnstone, Renfrewshire

and just what are you supposed to do with your rubbish if you have to leave for work before 7am?

Rox, London,

As the lady said in the last paragraph, just another revenue stream. No different to the police, really. Unless it's murder, rape, or racial, there's no interest, and no result. But what else can you expect from these brain-dead, "pretend to be socialist" Fascists?

John Lee, Ellesmere Port SSR, Cheshire, Disunited K.

Surely putting it out the night before , as we do here, would do no harm? Whoever thought this up, was going to the heights of officiousness.

margie , victoria, australia