This cartoon by Mac from The Daily Mail relates to news that giant communal dustbins shared by 40 families or more are being introduced across Britain. Read more >>
A working-class family (almost certainly living on benefits) is shown setting up home in one of the monster bins (some of which are 5ft-high with a 3,200-litre capacity). The upper-class residents who have come to put their rubbish in the bin do not look happy at the prospect. Who said Britain was becoming a classless society!
ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE
Critics say the communal bins are magnets for rats and often overflow with smelly rubbish due to fly-tippers. Many pensioners say they struggle to carry rubbish bags all the way to the nearest bin – and to lift the lid when they get there. The bins are also said to take up hundreds of valuable car parking spaces. Critics also point out that three people were killed in the space of a year after being crushed or suffocated in collection trucks when they fell asleep in similar-style dumpsters. (Source: MailOnline)
