Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 7739

Domestic Waste: Recycling

Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 15 October 2024

Question

Dame Caroline Dinenage

ConservativeGosport

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with Council leaders on the potential merits of allowing local decision makers greater control over the design of local househo

Answer

Mary Creagh
No, officials have not had any such discussions. The Environmental Protection Act requires that waste disposal authorities provide places for residents to dispose of household waste. Householders must be allowed to deposit waste deemed to be ‘household wa...

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