I’ve finally got around to responding to this with a new post. I’ll be honest, I’m not sure I’ve entirely responded to it!

This page of the council website makes it clear to me why people dump rubbish on the street.

http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/524/rubbish/268/bulky_items_and_diy_waste_collections/2

Now does the previous owner’s dismantled desk that they left in our cellar count as 1 piece of furniture, or should i saw it up into 3 standard sized sacks? and if i did would they still weigh less than 25kg and How would I even Know? what about the spare kitchen cabinet panels, scraps of carpet or broken pane of glass? It makes my head hurt.

Wouldn’t 1 fee be easier? or small / medium / large collection fee? or 1-yearly free collection?

Also when people try to do the right thing and then can’t find the information they’re looking for on the council website because it’s rubbish, I’d say that stops good behaviour.

3rd thing then I’ll stop – could small electrical items be collected in the recycling waste? perhaps the bags are sorted elsewhere from where WEEE directive items are disposed of, but whilst I’m sure large items like tellys are taken to the tip by responsible owners, or collected via the above evil scheme, I have a drawerful of small broken electrical items – duck radio, freeview player, phone, electric whisk – that Should make for a fun trip on the bus to the tip but which I’m just itching to ‘accidently’ drop in the bin as I’m sure many others do.

Some sort of collection or collection point (as with batteries, which I’d Never put in the bin now) would make it a lot easier for keen-recyclers to stick to their morals.

Probably not what you meant but a good whinge has made me feel better.