Bulky Item Collection in Brent and Hounslow

I see Hounslow are adopting a Brent style bulky items collection service, with a very similar reasoning.  The introduction of charging for this service led to a steep decline in collections, and it is reasonable to assume that some of the items no longer collected for free get dumped on the streets.  Brent should think about this in case it is again suggested that charging be re-introduced.