Another aspect of the recycling changes in Brent that I forgot to mention is its effect on the West London Waste Authority. My last meeting as a member of that Authority involved approving a major new procurement for the disposal of waste. This awarded a contract to Sita to build a power plant in the West Country to dispose of West London's waste by power generation rather than landfill.
An important issue for Sita was the quality of the waste, particularly its "calorific value" as fuel. Rather depressingly, their financial modelling was based on a lot of food waste continuing. However, another aspect was that they hoped to get some residual recycling from the waste they collect. Obviously, the more waste Brent and the other West London Boroughs recycle, the less will be available for Sita. I don't think there are contractual obligations for the Boroughs, but there may be complications for the WLWA if the waste composition is different from that expected.
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