A Rubbish Story from the Daily Mail

This blog doesn't like the Daily Mail. Today they were up to one of their favourite tricks, putting a scary headline on a Non Story. To save you the bother of wasting your precious time, here's a summary.

The headline "Council Snoopers sift through your rubbish bin to see if you are wealthy or poor"

The actual story. Some councils are doing a survey of what sort of rubbish people are putting out so that they can improve the service.

The outraged Tory quote :

Jeremy Kite (Ed Note: is that rhyming slang), Tory leader of Dartford in Kent, said: 'I do not believe it is right.'

What actually happened.

Waste was dumped into a big pile and sorted into 66 different categories, which included ten types of paper and card, 11 types of plastic, five sorts of glass, six kinds of textiles and a miscellaneous category that included disposable nappies, carpet and sanitary waste.

The Link - if you have 5 minutes of your life to waste

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1201044/Council-snoopers-sift-rubbish-bins-youre-wealthy-poor.html