34% TRANSPORT COST IN REFUSE COLLECTION I N 1956-57, 34
4th April 1958, Page 40
4th April 1958
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per cent. of the cost of refuse collection and disposal was attributable to transport and 53 per cent. to labour. Respective figures for street cleansing were 28 per cent. and 65 per cent. These figures are given lit" Public Cleansing Costing Returns, 1956-57," published this week by the Stationery Office at 5s. 6d.
Tonnage of refuse collected by authorities who weigh 80 per cent. or more of their refuse was 3.381,883 and by other authorities an estimated 6.890,698. •These are slightly greater than the totals for the previous year. Income from the salvage of waste paper fell in 1956-57, but recovery of scrap metal rose.
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