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So it doesn't so much register how much rubbish you produce, just that you actually do produce some rubbish. Croydon council have already publicly stated that they are not monitoring individual household's waste levels (in fact with this system, they can't), but that they want to ascertain how much of the waste produced by the borough is not recycled.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/02/14/london-officials-planting-tracking-chips-in-trash-bins/http://www.engadget.com/2005/02/14/london-officials-planting-tracking-chips-in-trash-bins/
As well as people dumping rubbish in other people's bins this is also encouraging people to just dump their rubbish by the side of the road. As a system it is more fair but it is open to abuse at a number of levels.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/02/14/london-officials-planting-tracking-chips-in-trash-bins/http://www.engadget.com/2005/02/14/london-officials-planting-tracking-chips-in-trash-bins/Dec 19th 2005 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/02/14/london-officials-planting-tracking-chips-in-trash-bins/http://www.engadget.com/2005/02/14/london-officials-planting-tracking-chips-in-trash-bins/http://www.virtuapikey.com]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/02/14/london-officials-planting-tracking-chips-in-trash-bins/http://www.engadget.com/2005/02/14/london-officials-planting-tracking-chips-in-trash-bins/Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM