Our UK Tax Dollars Hard at Work ... Like Dogs?

I love dogs, but this is a wee bit ridiculous. If I want a wheelie bin for garden waste (picked up on an "alternate weekly" schedule), I will pay thirty-something pounds annually and wait a minimum of four to six weeks for delivery. Not to mention the fact that there are no plans as yet to increase the cost of our drastically reduced refuse pick-up service. Scary zombie, dogs, however ... well ... throw some money at them, quickly, or they might bite us and turn us all into scary zombie-werewolf things. Hey, better safe than sorry, right?