BIN POLICE WILL FINE YOU £1,000

by Jack Bellamy

Enforcement officers will be hired to rummage through their trash.

The pilot scheme would involve ­hiring two enforcement officers at a cost of £45,000.

If the plan is given the green light on Thursday then the officers would be used to rummage through black bin bags of ­residents who fail to put out ­recycling boxes.

They could then hand out fines ranging from £75 to £1,000 if they ­uncover any recyclable paper, cans or glass. Strategic director for neighbourhoods Graham Sims outlined plans for the Recycling For All
­pilot scheme in a report to Bristol City ­Council’s Cabinet.

He said: “If after these steps the ­households are still not participating, the waste doctors will then need to check the refuse bins for recycling materials.”

TheCouncil’s executive member for the ­environment Gary Hopkins said: “There are a number of people who say: ‘I’m not going to ­recycle.’ Frankly we have to ­tackle that.”

However, the Govern­ment is likely to act this week to stamp out taxing rubbish and has pledged to end snooping on householders.

VOUCHERS for M&S, McDonald’s, Costa ­Coffee, Coca-Cola and ­Cineworld – worth up to £135 – are being used to reward people who fill their ­recycling bins in the Royal Borough of ­Windsor and Maidenhead, Berks.