Creepy

Wheelie bin microchips could alert councils to big polluters

Microchips capable of assessing the weight of rubbish thrown out by each household have been quietly fitted to thousands of wheelie bins, it emerged yesterday. A string of local councils have distributed bins that can transmit information to a central database about the disposal practices of individual families.

The penny-sized microchips, first revealed by the Guardian in February, are placed in the lip of the bin and can be scanned as it is tipped into a dustcart to allow council officials to assess how many bins their refuse collectors have emptied, and to tell them apart in case of neighbour disputes. But the technology could be used more fully in the future. Some dustcarts contain weighing equipment which can then link this information to the amount of rubbish collected from each owner.

I assume if your recycling is not up to standard they haul you off to Belmarsh, as if we are not spied on enough by our own governments. I mean its creepy, what if this technology was to fall into the wrong hands? God knows what infomation they could collect on you. One more step to a Big Brother society.