| Subject |
MP
calls for Bournemouth's Council to apologise to residents
who found microchips in their wheelie bins
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| Ref |
PR/06-156 |
| Date |
30th
August 2006 |
Following a
spate of calls and emails from residents confused about the microchips
found in their wheelie bins, Tobias Ellwood has written to the Leader
of Bournemouth Council asking for clarification as to why residents
were assured that no microchips were embedded in the bins.
It is a worrying
state of affairs when we are assured on one day that 'none of these
devices are fitted anywhere in Bournemouth' only for residents to
discover the embedded micro-chips themselves - And then for the
Council to simply to say the microchips were "nothing to worry
about."
Whilst we may
be assured that the refuse trucks presently do not have the technology,
the clandestine manor in which the Council has dealt issue has aroused
suspicions as to why the micro-chip is there in the first place.
Tobias said:
I believe the Council owes Bournemouth an apology and an explanation
as to what they plan does with the technology. Unless a suitable
response is forthcoming, the micro-chips should be deemed superfluous
to requirements and residents should feel no guilt in removing them.
If however,
there are plans afoot to put the activate use electronic use of
these micro-chips, then residents should be informed. My real concern
is that we are seeing the birth of another stealth tax, where bins
are eventually weighed as they are emptied and residents charged
accordingly, or fined if they exceed a set weight.
Big Brother
has come to Bournemouth and not even the elected Councillors were
aware of it."
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