Its bloody ridiculous I've heard your bin may not be emptied if they believe the contents are recyclable, which is fair enough but what if you do recycle but your bin still over flows? Like this poor sod who now has a criminal record.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/736 0147.stm
Where I live we use communal bins, 3 large bins for 15 properties as you can imagine they are often overflowing & we're fortunate that we still have weekly collections!! Also across the road have to put their bags out every week but often you see people crossing overing between collections to put their rubbish in our bins. Are they going to stop emptying them bins without anyway of knowing who is to blame?