But that is one of the reasonings given to back up Albury Council’s plan to dump its annual pick-up.

Scavengers, costs and complaints are others.

Wodonga went down the same path a couple of years back and despite the justified bleating of the disaffected, the council was able to ride out the storm.

Albury will no doubt do likewise.

But the question is where does the rubbish go and who bears the burden?

Handing out free vouchers to the tip will only do so much.

For those without transport, a utility or trailer it does nothing.

Council’s own notes show that just 15 per cent of the vouchers it hands out now to ratepayers are redeemed.

Even if that were to double there is potentially 70 per cent of households storing prunings, white goods and other bric-a-brac.

At best this can be seen as a form of forced recycling — residents forced to find other uses for disused, outdated or just broken down bulky goods.

At worst it is council indulging in its own cost shifting, with the most vulnerable ratepayers carrying the burden.