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Does my bin have a microchip? What will you use this information for?
Our new bins do have microchips, which is now common practice amongst local authorities.
The primary reason is so that we can locate bins more easily, and trace bins that go missing. Another reason is to measure the weights coming from different areas, for reasons of collection round efficiency.
Some residents are concerned that they might be charged for producing too much waste, and that bin chipping will make it easy for the Council to record the waste of each resident.
We do not have powers to charge residents to take away their general household waste, and this would require a change in the law by the government of the day.
Any information obtained from the chips will remain within the Council and will not be passed to anyone else.
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