10 September 2008 Recycled rubbish brings city £1m For the first time a Devon city has topped £1m in earnings from selling householders’ rubbish. Exeter made £1.1m over the past year from recycling paper, plastic, metals and glass, some of which have more than trebled in value. The figure is still only about half the costs of recycling, including sorting and transportation. The council says breaking even will be a "struggle", but it is fast closing the financial gap. For more information on this article, please click this link For the full news article and to be taken to the website, click here |