unintended consequences

According to this article, “While businesses often face fees to dispose of large items of refuse, residents have traditionally been entitled to free use of tips as part of the services provided by local authorities. At least one waste authority, Somerset Waste Partnership, has already begun charging to use its tips, demanding £1.20 a time to visit local dumps.

There are concerns that other authorities, struggling to cope with reduced budgets, may follow Somerset’s lead.

This I suspect is the thin end of the wedge and I bet it will have a major impact on a rise in the iniquitous process of fly tipping which is already a scourge for many rural places. Yet another unintended likely consequence of the cuts.