page_title: Bin bug
hierarchical_section_title: Bin bug
context_page_description: The term "bin bug" was coined in August 2006 by the British media to refer to the use of Radio Frequency Identification chips by some local councils to monitor the amount of domestic waste created by each household. The system works by having a unique RFID chip for each household's non-recycling wheelie bin. The chip is scanned by the dustbin lorry and, as it lifts the bin, records the weight of the contents. This is then stored in a central database that monitors the non-recycled waste output of each household.
context_section_description: The term "bin bug" was coined in August 2006 by the British media to refer to the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips by some local councils to monitor the amount of domestic waste created by each household. The system works by having a unique RFID chip for each household's non-recycling wheelie bin (such households have two bins: one for general waste and one recycling bin).  The chip is scanned by the dustbin lorry and, as it lifts the bin, records the weight of the contents.  This is then stored in a central database that monitors the non-recycled waste output of each household.
caption: The bin bugs can only be attached to wheelie bins, which not all British households currently possess.
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