The government should be telling all companies to stop putting their products in plastic. Its a joke, we cant put our plastic bags into the supermarket plastics recycling bin. I really hate putting my plastic waste in the landfill rubbish bin.

Tell China, India, indonesia, S.E. Asia, South America etc, etc

I recycle my plastic but I reuse my glass jars for making jams etc.

The amount of plastic out there is far too great for the amount that can be effectively recycled. Somehow, we have to reduce the amount of plastic circulating. I gather that a council would rather use the carrot than the stick approach. However, I think as consumers we should select the item with the least amount of wrapping if it is possible to do so.

I collect and return plastic, glass and cardboard containers - the extra money comes in handy. However I refrain from going through council park bins etc like some people do. That's gross.

I think it's a good move. Anything that encourages less plastic waste is a good idea. As for the scavengers you could put your bin out right before the garbage truck is due - that's what I do but not because of scavengers but because I hate having to clean up rubbish after dogs or cats have got to it. To be honest I'd prefer the bums who want to recycle over feral critters because one creates a mess and the other cleans it up but each to their own I suppose.

Not sure what a chicken bin is...The "bums" will probably sort out plastic waste and make some money out of it...I hope that you never become one (but you might be)....I'm not sure about what the last bit is about entirely