RE: UK expands surveillance of its citizens

["David Harley" <david.a.harley () gmail com>]

> So really, the problem is that the local government has made 
> it so difficult to remove the trash that people attempt to 
> bypass the law. 
>
> In that case, it would seem that, instead of spending vast 
> amounts of money on cameras and enforcement, simply make it 
> easier to throw out the trash. 

It's not that easy. We are a small and over-populated island, and we're
running out of space on landfill sites. (Though compared with Japan, our
problem is probably unimpressive.) Local government has to meet national
targets, irrespective of resources. Not unlike education, the national
health service and so on. Making it more difficult to get rid of garbage is
probably not an altogether conscious intention, but transfers the problem
from the authority to the householder. Somewhat similarly, making it too
much trouble to report email scams and spam relieves the pressure on
under-resourced government agencies and law enforcement.

> It's great, and, of course, there are no problems with "fly tipping".

But the biggest problem with fly tipping isn't householders with more black
bags than they can fit into a wheelie bin. It's commercial waste from people
who don't want to pay the cost of legal, licensed tipping.

-- 
David Harley CISSP, Small Blue-Green World
Security Author/Editor/Consultant/Researcher
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