Free easy to arrange collections might end up paying for themselves if it means an end to flytipping and clearing that up instead.

Even at ?15 for 3 items or fewer, it can be seen as a lot to pay for what is, in theory, now rubbish in the person's eyes - particularly if it's just cardboard boxes that the recyclers won't take for being bulky even when broken down.

I'm lucky. I'm on the Southwark side of the road on Wood Vale so any bulky collections are free of charge and can be arranged easily online. Apparently, flytipping costs them less (by 600K) to clean up than Lewisham so perhaps it does work.