From the BBC link
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According to figures previously obtained by the Sunday Telegraph, almost 5,000 fixed penalty notices worth £215,955 were issued between May 2010 and April 2011 for offences such as using the wrong sacks for recycling or overfilling wheelie bins.
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And you can bet that would have increased as councils have there ability to increase the council tax reduced. Here they are increasing the cost of parking, considering charging for you using the waste site, Changing bin collections to once fortnightly in opposition to the government plans.
Basically squeezing every penny they can out of you by any means. Its what i have come to expect from my local Labour council
