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[Tim]

I don’t get it.
If the organisations running the sites lose money re-cycling stuff then surely it’s better to allow people take stuff, as then there will be less, and if the make money then surely the more re-cycling they get( wherever it comes from) is a good thing!
Most of the time however both seem to be discouraged *( at least in this area) so I’m still confused.
We’ll all have to help the environment by hoarding more radios. ��

*Actually, that’s probably a good thing or I would have filled the house and several sheds by now.

[G6Tanuki]

They're generally paid by the weight-of-stuff-they-accept.

Allowing random 'totters' to scavenge stuff from the junkpile reduces the weight-of-stuff-accepted; any 're-use' also introduces a big legal-liability along the likes of "The man at the Council tip said I could have it, now it's electrocuted little Johnny".

Life's too short to fret about this sort of thing.

[paulsherwin]

The EU waste processing directives are extremely strict and leave little room for personal initiative or even common sense. They have to be enforceable right across Europe, including places like Italy and Portugal with a traditionally 'flexible' approach to environmental protection.

Well said Paul, "Common Sense" funny it isn't on the school curriculum.

[emeritus]

A local councillor observed last year (off the record) that there was little incentive for county councils to be flexible in what they accepted, because an increase in waste would increase what they had to pay to licensed disposal sites. The expence of clearing fly tipped stuff falls on the local council, not the county council, so the more stuff is fly tipped, the better it is for the county council's budget. He found it very frustrating.

Actually, Essex isn't too bad, they will even collect small quantities of asbestos by arrangement, free of charge for domestic ratepayers.