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More customers, routes and capability.

WHAT CONSTRAINS GROWTH

Vehicles and their capital cost Crews Route density Working capital Collection rate

WHY COLLECTION RATE CONSTRAINS GROWTH

Adding customers who do not pay increases cost without revenue.

WHAT TO ESTABLISH BEFORE EXPANDING

That existing routes are dense and collecting properly.

WHAT TO IMPROVE FIRST

Route density Collections per vehicle per day Collection rate Disposal cost

WHY

They increase revenue and reduce cost without capital.

WHAT ADDING A ROUTE REQUIRES

A vehicle and crew Enough customers to make it dense Disposal capacity

WHAT TO AVOID

Extending into sparse areas.

WHY

Distance consumes the day and the route never becomes viable.

WHAT ADDING RECYCLING PROVIDES

Revenue from material and reduced disposal cost.

WHAT IT REQUIRES

Sorting capacity Storage Buyers Authorisation

WHAT TO ESTABLISH BEFORE INVESTING

That buyers exist and pay.

WHAT COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS PROVIDE

Volume and better payment behaviour.

WHY BETTER PAYMENT

Businesses pay more reliably than households, generally.

WHAT TO PURSUE

A mix that stabilises revenue.

WHAT TO MEASURE

Margin per route Collection rate Cost per tonne handled Vehicle utilisation

WHAT TO PROTECT

Reliability, because it is the whole service.


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