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     1        whole Nottingham experiment?
     2        A.  Yes.
     3
     4   Q.   What do you mean by "poor"?
     5        A.  That we would not have expected to have found so much
     6        other waste in the polystyrene bin.  We would have expected
     7        to have found some but not as much as was found.
     8
     9   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It must depend to some extent how it is
    10        presented to the customer?
    11        A.  Yes.
    12
    13   Q.   The difference between just having a polystyrene bin and no
    14        other and having two next to each other, one polystyrene
    15        waste and the other waste.  Can you help us about that or
    16        not?
    17        A.  Well, as I said earlier, I did not visit the project.
    18        As far as I can gather the bin was labelled "polystyrene
    19        only".  The other bins were labelled "all other waste".
    20
    21   MS. STEEL:   Could it be that the weight of things other than
    22        polystyrene could be bits of food that people had left
    23        behind in their boxes?
    24        A.  It could be, yes.  It was not necessarily so, but it
    25        could be.
    26
    27   MR. MORRIS:  So if we were to draw any implications about
    28        customer acceptability from what you have said, we would
    29        actually have to have further information, would we not?
    30        A.  Yes, probably.
    31
    32   Q.   Is there anybody in the company who is going to give
    33        evidence who would know about this?
    34        A.  Yes, I would think -----
    35
    36   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Might I suggest that you really have got what
    37        you want once you establish it is working in Manchester,
    38        because it shows if you persist it can work.  Manchester is
    39        showing that?
    40        A.  It is improving, yes.
    41
    42   MS. STEEL:  The plant in Cheshire, that was initially taking
    43        polystyrene from four Manchester restaurants, is that
    44        right?
    45        A.  I believe it to be five.
    46
    47   Q.   Well, on page 4 of your statement it has four?
    48        A.  I know, but I believed it to be five because that is
    49        not correct.
    50 
    51   Q.   OK.  They are all in the Manchester region? 
    52        A.  Yes. 
    53
    54   Q.   What was the trial programme of recycling at the Garden
    55        Festival in Wales of polystyrene?  Was that exactly the
    56        same?
    57        A.  It was the same programme.  Yes, it was really
    58        relaunching the programme as much as anything.
    59
    60   Q.   Do you mean it had not continued non-stop from January

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