[lololomg]

> There are teams of pickers who come around just before council pickups and take away anything of value

That's illegal too, someone was recently prosecuted for this. Councils own anything put out for council cleanup. They make money selling and recycling this stuff.

EDIT: My council (like many others) don't enforce this rule. They do come down hard on illegal dumping though.

[danieltillett]

Well not at my council - they just throw everything into the back of the garbage truck and crush it on the spot. Not too much value left after this :)