As happy as pigs we sit in our own squalor, stubborn as mules to change

On waste collection, our choice as a country is to sit in our own squalor or change. Every time we put out the bin, we are doing the equivalent of peeing in the public swimming pool.

The difference is all our neighbours have just done the same thing as well.

Yet, remarkably, bin collection charges based on pay-by-weight for those not already doing so, threatens to be the next water charges debacle.