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LONDON, April 22 (UPI) -- A local council in London is paying plainclothes officers £30,000 pounds ($60,000) a year to track down homeowners who take out their trash at the wrong time.
The "envirocrime" officers were hired by the Ealing Council to find offenders who leave trash in inappropriate places or who take it out too early, The Daily Mail reported.
But taxpayers are angry, and the Ealing Council did not reveal how much of the £142,000 pounds ($285,000) being spent on the officers made up their salaries.
Also, citizens say city government is being too heavy-handed in its approach to trash collection rules.
"We are living in a world where everything we do is watched and regulated," said Christine Melsom, founder of a group that campaigns for council-tax reform. "George Orwell has arrived. If you go to work early it is difficult to get it right with the rubbish."
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