During my brief residency of Romania I was informed I'd have to pay council tax , I asked how much and was told £15 ish, so I said not bad wife said that's not for the bins though, okay how much for the bins £2 a month. It was £15 a year . Tax is insane in the UK obviously you get a far superior education system, health system, less corrupt police. But as for bins you can't fault them , even if in the towns and cities they provided five different bins they all got emptied into the same skip wagon lol...