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  • THE GOVERNMENT has quietly adopted powers enabling it to introduce national pay-as-you-throw rubbish taxes of up to £100 without a vote in parliament.

    Bin Taxes to be rolled out across the UK. FIDO The Dog 2009

  • Opponents, however, say the technology will make it easy for the government to resurrect plans for the introduction of a £50 pay-as-you-throw tax on millions of families.

    Spying garbage cans... GayandRight 2009

  • The Prime Minister could veto plans for a national pay-as-you-throw bin scheme and scrap a deeply unpopular 2p rise in fuel duty in a bid to woo back disaffected voters.

    Back to the grindstone 2008

  • The Prime Minister could veto plans for a national pay-as-you-throw bin scheme and scrap a deeply unpopular 2p rise in fuel duty in a bid to woo back disaffected voters.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • This pay-as-you-throw program creates a direct economic incentive to recycle more and waste less.

    CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2008 2008

  • This pay-as-you-throw program creates a direct economic incentive to recycle more and waste less.

    CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2008 2008

  • Environment Minister Joan Ruddock made clear that Labour will press ahead with pay-as-you-throw charges which are likely to cost families an extra £50 a year.

    Archive 2008-07-01 FIDO The Dog 2008

  • Like Plymouth, more and more communities are grappling with whether to abandon traditional garbage service and adopt so-called pay-as-you-throw systems.

    Kicking the Cans 2008

  • Her solution: some form of pay-as-you-throw tax that charges householders according to the amount dumped.

    Finding Gold in Your Trash 2007

  • The barcodes, to be brought in by a group of 27 councils, can also be used to enforce pay-as-you-throw taxes.

    Is this coming to Canada??? GayandRight 2007

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