In article , Andrew Gabriel
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Yes, of the two local councils I'm familiar with, one does this
and makes a profit out of it, which is fine by me.

Me too, as long as it goes into local services or is used to reduce
council tax.

It's looking like most councils will be changing the regular
refuse collection to every two weeks over the next year.

I think this is acceptable as long as provision is also made for
recycling refuse that would otherwise have gone into the bin (paper,
glass, garden waste, etc.) so that the bin doesn't fill up as quickly.
Judging by the bins on collection day though, I suspect that some
families will have trouble. We're still on weekly collection around
here.