Paying for waste services at householder level also has an inbuilt motivational factor. We charge for these services at local level to encourage people to use the services sparingly. Individual householders have a number of choices over how they dispose of their waste. They can throw it out, which in effect means putting it out for collection, or they can sort through the waste and select some of it for recycling through bottle banks, green bins, etc. In the case of organic waste, they can compost it and use the compost in their gardens to help the growth of flowers or vegetables. From a national waste management point of view, we have an interest in what choices they make. The more they recycle and the more they compost the better. The less they put out for collection by the local authority the better.