Yes, literally rubbish.  Upon reading The Guardian newspaper this evening (two days overdue, but I got there eventually).  I happened accross an article on waste disposal and recycling.  This caught my attention as someone who recycles now more than ever and also has a compost bin (which I attribute more to being in my thirties now).  Britain now has a major problem with waste going to landfill and we are being told that we need to address the issue asap, as opposed to some point in the distant future when it is no longer our or our governments problem.  Apparently, some sort of payment is gaining strong support, in the same vein as utility bills.  So what you dump you pay for.  Ok, this is only pertaining to household waste.  We are receiving a lot of pressure about household waste and to reduce, reuse and recycle, which I think we should all be personally responsible for, but levying taxes on households, who by this articles own admission only contributes 9% of the amount of waste going to landfill, I think is a bit rich really.  Only a passing mention of main contributors to landfill waste e.g building and demolition materials.  Again, the main supermarkets (who are the main contributors to household waste) are barely mentioned.  Surely, rather than levy more taxes on the household, why not campaign the supermarkets and main food distributers to produce less packaging on their foods?  We all know there is far too much.  Or would it be too much to ask that all of this packaging is made from biodegradable materials like many carrier bags these days, so then people like me can just chuck it in our composters.  If you want to address the problem of waste going to landfill, address the propogators of this mass waste industry and not the recipients.