Barcode on your trash bin – and a £100 fine if you put too much rubbish in it

By STEVE DOUGHTY~UK Daily Mail

Millions of families are to be given barcoded wheelie bins in a computerised system to spy on people’s rubbish.

It will be used to send automatic £100 fines to people who put out too much refuse or break strict rules on when they leave their bins out.

The barcodes, to be brought in by a group of 27 councils, can also be used to enforce pay-as-you-throw taxes.

Binmen will carry handheld barcode readers on which they can record details of any rulebreaking by the bin’s users.

At the end of their round, theywill return the scanners to a docking station which downloads the information to a central computer.

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