Bartec Systems have posted an analysis document in response to DEFRA’s guidance documents for councils considering variable charging, known as Waste Incentive Schemes in DEFRA parlance. The full document is available here.
The points that stand out are that DEFRA have perhaps not given enough consideration to how schemes will actually work on the street, and that schemes could be delivered using technology and techniques already in use in the UK. The article stops short of naming exactly who and where these schemes are active.