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I've had a chat with them, cos I was hoping to copy the business model into another social enterprise (which is what they are) operating in London.
*That and the fact that I missed out on those brampton hubs which were just what I was after (for the flip flop thing, but in hindsight, not much cheaper than a used knacked set of campag records currently on there). *
They have a very interesting deal with their regional waste suppliers (Billa i think, not Billa poster here!) who just give 'em all the bike bits dumped in tips etc. as part of their land fill tax credit scheme and then Environ train people to recycle bikes back into life and then back to the community.
The more choice bits get whacked up on ebay and pays towards the staff salaries. I'm not sure how scaleable that is across the UK, but its a great idea.