Mate of mine was a bin man with the best recycling county in Wales, so they say! He told me he personally drove many recycling loads to the general dump as plastic prices were to low.
Were lucky round here, I gave the binmen a nice tip last year after we moved as we were getting through quite a bit of rubbish and they just took 3times the amount they are supposed to. We still use bags around here and after a nice xmas tip too (Which apparently not many people do anymore) if I forget to put it out they come into the driveway, open the bin store and take all the black bags out for us. Had some jobsworths in the past so well worth keeping these ones on side I think when I hear things like this!
I especially agree on the good luck bit. After watching footage of that aircraft attempting to land in that last wind we had, stuff that