Who receives the money from the recycled materials?
It goes to us and the person bringing the materials in. The way the Dane County contract is set up, Dane County first pays us so much money a year just to own and operate the facility. Then, in return, the users of the facility pay a tipping fee. That tipping fee is broken into two parts. There’s a fixed rate, which they pay to Dane County. That’s to offset what they pay us every year to own and operate this facility. Then there’s a variable fee that they pay us for the processing of the material. Then in return, we get 20% of the money from the sale of the material, they get 80% of it.
