"Nightjar" wrote in message
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On 24/08/2013 06:27, alan wrote:
On 23/08/2013 13:41, Nightjar wrote:


Not necessarily. Mixed recycling results in a significantly larger
volume of materials being recycled. Many councils argue that the
resulting higher income more than covers the additional cost of
sorting it.

Is there any income?...

I don't know about other areas, but around here, waste management
companies bid for the right to make the collections. The LA certainly get
an income from that and I presume the waste management companies make
money from it too.

Are you sure that the bidding process is won by the person who pays the
most, rather than the person who charges the least

tim