What is the best way to encourage recycling?******Councils are to be given the green light to charge householders for the amount of rubbish they throw away.******Some estimates say such a move would cost the average household 250 pounds a year.******The idea is back on the agenda after MPs warned the European Commission could fine Britain up to 180 million pounds a year if it does not cut the amount of waste being piled into landfill sites.******The first steps to “pay as you throw” will be introduced next month in the Climate Change Bill, although details of how the scheme will work remain to be worked out.******Those who recycle more and throw out less could end up earning rebates on their council tax.******But already the Conservatives have attacked the whole idea, saying it would unfairly penalise large housholds on low incomes, encourage fly-tipping and even prompt people to burn rubbish in their back gardens.******Better, they say, to increase recycling.******Do you think the polluter should automatically pay? Or would a system of stick and carrot be an acceptable way of reducing the amount of rubbish householders in England throw out?