On 5/23/2016 5:25 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> I gather that the rest of the world and even this country does not
>> live like we do here. We are very green here. Recycling has been
>> mandatory here for a very long time. The food thing is fairly new to
>> some areas. A recent post on Facebook was from a woman saying that the
>> maintenance man was checking their bins. She felt violated. But...
>> They can fine us for doing wrong. So I'm sure the man was just doing
>> his job.
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>> When we lived in CA, the housing office did routine checks on our
>> bins. A violation could cause us to lose our housing. I well remember
>> the angry knock on the door at 7:00 a.m. one morning. The man was
>> yelling at me, telling me that if the item was not removed from the
>> alley in 30 minutes, we would lose our military housing. I had no clue
>> what he was talking about. Turned out that my husband set a broken
>> microwave by the trash can, thinking they would pick it up. Nope.
>> Things like that can't just be thrown out here either. They have to go
>> to special disposal stations and often there is a small fee for disposal.
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> I have read of this kind of stuff happening in England, but not here
> yet. There have been reports of bin men refusing to empty a bin because
> there was something in it they objected to.
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But you have RFID tags in your bins:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...throw-tax.html

Spy chips hidden in 2.5 MILLION dustbins: 60pc rise in electronic bugs
as council snoopers plan pay-as-you-throw tax