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UK: Council apology over bins snooping

Posted on September 30, 2009July 3, 2025 by Dissent

A council which took part in a project involving residents’ bins being searched has apologised for not letting people know in advance.

The Evening Telegraph exclusively reported last week that an army of bin snoopers was out and about examining the contents to see what is filling landfill sites.

Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough councils authorised waste experts Resource Futures to dip into the bins of residents to try to cut down the amount of waste sent to landfill.

Read more in The Evening Telegraph.

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