Newly installed rubbish bins contain microchips (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Newly installed rubbish bins contain microchips
11:57am Friday 5th October 2012 in News
Council confirms newly installed rubbish bins DO have microchips
THOUSANDS of Dorset residents have been given rubbish bins containing microchips which identify which house they belong to.
They have been installed in the new recycling and rubbish bins delivered to homes in Christchurch and parts of East Dorset in the past two months. They are part of the new Recycle for Dorset scheme being introduced in phases across the country between now and 2015.
They bins contain electronic RFID tags, which the council says will be used to identify missing or stolen bins.
They are same microchip devices caused widespread concern when they were installed in 70,000 wheelie bins delivered across Bournemouth in 2006, when they sparked fears of “pay as you throw” taxes. No such taxes were ever implemented.
Dorset Waste Partnership has said it may introduce technology on bin lorries which links with the chips, enabling collection crews to check a bin has been emptied, but a council spokesman insisted: “The tags cannot and will not be used to 'spy' on what people are putting in their bins.”
He added: “We have been upfront and open about the bins being tagged in our communications with residents, including the user guides households receive with their bins, on our website and when speaking with people at road shows.”
The Echo would like to hear from you. Have you got your new bins in the past two months? Are you aware they contain a microchip? Do you have any concerns about the chips and how they're used?
Comments(11)
twynham
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12:08pm Fri 5 Oct 12
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ben111
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12:17pm Fri 5 Oct 12
whataboutthat
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12:17pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Clearly charging per load is just around the corner. Lame excuse - missing or stolen bins. Chip removal a cinch. Total rubbish!
lostnfound
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12:22pm Fri 5 Oct 12
The last (and most covert) method for destroying a RFID tag is to hit it with a hammer. Just pick up any ordinary hammer and give the chip a few swift hard whacks. This will destroy the chip, and leave no evidence that the tag has been tampered with.
WOC
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3:12pm Fri 5 Oct 12
No I wasn't aware they contained a microchip, at no point did anyone tell me this nor did I read it in any of the literature.
Yes I am concerned about what the chips will be used for, for pity's sake don't these local authorities know enough about us as it is without monitoring our c**p.
If someone could let me know how I can remove the chips that would be great. No doubt if I remove it I will be done for vandalism.
Smokeypip
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3:48pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Football banning order yob
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3:51pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Football banning order yob
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3:54pm Fri 5 Oct 12
WOC wrote:Likewise mine will be removed..
The Echo would like to hear from you. Have you got your new bins in the past two months? Are you aware they contain a microchip? Do you have any concerns about the chips and how they're used?
No I wasn't aware they contained a microchip, at no point did anyone tell me this nor did I read it in any of the literature.
Yes I am concerned about what the chips will be used for, for pity's sake don't these local authorities know enough about us as it is without monitoring our c**p.
If someone could let me know how I can remove the chips that would be great. No doubt if I remove it I will be done for vandalism.
uberbloke
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4:20pm Fri 5 Oct 12
It's clearly written in the literature that came with the bins that they were tagged... what do you lot want, the council to spend money to send someone round to read it too you?
If you don't like it take your rubbish to the tip instead.
I know that the bins make great chariots (I absolutely have not put my child in the recycling bin and run up and down the drive, absolutely not...) and as such I assume quite a few will be taken for joy rides on a Sat/Sun night; I for one would like it back without having to pay for a new one if that happened!
manyogie
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5:46pm Fri 5 Oct 12
crispy_pants says...
12:02pm Fri 5 Oct 12