Councils refuse to take part in 'pay-as-you-throw' bins trial

摘要

No councils have come forward to take part in the controversial pay-as-you-throw pilots, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has confirmed. On the last day for councils to apply to run one of the five pilot incentive schemes, a Defra spokeswoman said: "We have had no expressions of interest in the pilots at all." But she added there could still be an application before the end of the day, as MRW went to press. The spokeswoman said that the pilot enabling powers had been introduced by the Government because local authorities had asked for them and added that taking part had always been voluntary.