On 2007-06-21 02:38:27 +0100, Frank Erskine
said:

I wonder whether their 'orange sacks" are recyclable themselves; or
whether their method of collection/sorting is 'green'...
I'm not being facetious here, but is this recycling effort not just a
token thing to gain Brownie Points from 'central government" (whatever
that is)?

They respond to two things - legal compulsion and sources of funding.