in 465252 20051107 182307 "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

Well, yes. Domestic rubbish collection is normally restricted to the day
to day domestic rubbish, strangely. Think of the size of a dustcart that
would be needed to take away the contents of the average skip. ;-)

In Germany (at least, when I was living there in the early 80s) they had a
monthly "big rubbish day" when people put out beds, fridges, etc.
A key feature of the scheme was that people would wander round and take
whatever they fancied. The council picked up the rest.

(thinks, why does the UK never take up bright ideas from elsewhere?)