Pay-by-weight kills the incentive to recycle
If, as the council has stated, a standing charge will account for, on average, half the total annual cost to the domestic user, this means that the householders who recycle most of their rubbish will be at a financial disadvantage.
The arithmetic is simple if your household puts out an average amount of refuse your bill per annum will be 320. If you only put out half the average your bill will be 240 (160 standing-charge plus 80 by weight).
