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  Now that Biffa are running the tips, *sorry, household recycling centres* the cost of a minimum drop of commercial waste has risen from about £7 to £58+VAT. We used to dump our business waste there about once a week but now we are forced to use a contractor to collect our waste and recycling.
  
  A few points to consider here:
  1. By raising the cost so much fly tipping will surely have increased hugely.
  2. KCC and DDC have no interest in providing recycling services for businesses because (to quote a KCC source a few years ago) Brussels doesn’t set targets for business recycling. So those businesses which take their mixed waste to the tip are sending all their recyclables to landfill.
  3. DDC used to provide commercial waste bags for small businesses to dispose of their rubbish and recyclables. There was a modest charge for these bags which nobody really minded paying to stay on the right side of the law. Now that this is no longer happening, many small business owners just take their waste home and stick it in their house wheelie bin or take it to the tip in their car, so much of what was previously charged for is now disposed of for free.
  4. The collection of waste and its disposal are performed by different contractors, leading to inefficiencies. Every Veolia truck going to the Whitfield tip is weighed in and out, recorded and charged for by Biffa.
  You really couldn’t make it up.

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