general chat/ thoughts, page-2810

For those seeking clarity, see slide 42 of the Master Plan. The proposed charge for waste disposal by the QBS hub is $134m per annum, which is (purposefully) half the estimated cost of SEF, at $268m per year. Of this $134m, approximately $64m per year is the operator's margin. The hope is that the operator can also make $32m per annum from product sales.

So yes, giving the salts away would be preferable to having to pay to dispose of them. Another way to look at it is this: the QBS hub operator will be the lowest cost producer of all products. This is due to effectively having a negative cost of production.