As with most of the crap that afflicts us in England nowadays this stems from a European directive.
"A well regulated trash collection system, being necessary to the cleanliness of a free borough, the right of the people to have their bins emptied shall not be infringed.”
Hey you! Got a curbside permit for that trash can? No? BUSTED!!
Here’s a link to the elephant in the room. The media, including the Telegraph, all to often fail to spot the real problem behind this creeping national socialism courtesy of “our friends” in Europe.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1020524/Sinister-secrets-dustbin-Nazis.html