This section has effect for conferring on waste disposal authorities and waste collection authorities powers for the purposes of recycling waste.
A waste disposal authority may—
make arrangements . . . to recycle waste as respects which the authority has duties under section 51(1) above or agrees with another person for its disposal or treatment;
make arrangements . . . to use waste for the purpose of producing from it heat or electricity or both;
buy or otherwise acquire waste with a view to its being recycled;
use, sell or otherwise dispose of waste as respects which the authority has duties under section 51(1) above or anything produced from such waste.
A waste collection authority may—
buy or otherwise acquire waste with a view to recycling it;
use, or dispose of by way of sale or otherwise to another person, waste belonging to the authority or anything produced from such waste.
This section shall not apply to Scotland.