As some of you may know I used to live in Forest Hill but now live in Norwich. I've just looked at how the two Councils compare.

Lewisham charge £15 for 3 items

Broadland charge £25.65 for 3 items plus £8.55 for additional Items (up to 6)

The list of exclude items is almost identical in both cases..

I've always thought that making a charge isn't necessarily the most cost efficient way of dealing with the problem. I would have thought that a free collection service would help considerably in reducing Fly Tipping, especially when the Council has to clear it up eventually anyway. People are always going to be tempted to go for the 'free' option, including Fly Tipping, rather than pay for it, and the excluded items, which tend to be the larger items, are the most difficult to dispose of yourself.

On a lighter note I had my bath tub replaced with a walk-in shower and put my metal bath out for collection by a waste metal collector, It was however 'Stolen' by someone else before they arrived.