Overfill your bin and you’ll be treated worse than a shoplifter

[UK]
Families who overfill rubbish bins are to face bigger fines than those imposed on drunks or shoplifters, the government has told local authorities.

Although the government has previously claimed that it leaves local councils to decide on the level of fines, the Fly-capture Enforcement manual, produced by the Department for Environment, stipulates that fixed penalties for offencesinvolving “waste receptacles” must range from £75 to £110.

The offences for which householders can be fined include leaving ajar the lid of a wheelie bin, putting out a bin the evening before collection or leaving the bin in the wrong place...

[the inevitable path of government involvement {there's no consumer choice to check its eventual excesses}. Health care anyone?]

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[won't happen here? update:]

San Francisco plan to inspect residents' garbage

SAN FRANCISCO (Map) - San Francisco residents could be fined up to $1000 and lose their garbage service if they don't sort their trash properly under a proposal by Mayor Gavin Newsom.

The plan would direct city garbage collectors to inspect residents trash to make sure various types of waste are placed in correct bins for recycling, composting and trash.

The proposed legislation by the city's Department of the Environment would be the nation's first mandatory recycling and composting law...

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[Q: what happens when you allow the creation of a Department of the Environment? A: state determined conscious - by force. just the tip of the iceberg folks...]