When the leaf-fall season peaks I will be able to collect six full
binbags of leaves every week. In the past this wasn't a problem but my
charmless local council have now introduced wheelie bins and removed
all flexibility from the waste collection.

I'm looking for something which can compact the leaves down to a much
smaller volume. I have seen such things for sale in the USA:

http://www.nextag.com/Mulcher-57780851/prices-html

Is there anything like this available in the UK?