Who’d have ever thought that under utilisation of rubbish bins was a thing

https://i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/30103...-public-spaces

This has to rank as one of the dumbest cost saving ideas. I’ve done the maths and each bin they are taking away is costing them $340 a year at supplied numbers. Really it’s no saving as you prob still need same amount of Wombles to do the rounds emptying the other bins which will be nearby.
Auckland.
$9.5 million of eight years is a massive saving to each ratepayer (est 800,000 out of 1.6m pop) of one dollar and 47 cents per year..,,