Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 73986

Fertilisers: Waste

Tabled: 1 September 2025
Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Alex Brewer

Liberal DemocratNorth East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using biodigesters to convert waste materials into organic fertilisers.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The Government’s Simpler Recycling reforms require the collection of food waste in England from all workplaces from 31st March 2025, all households by 31st March 2026 and all micro-firms (with fewer than 10 staff) by 31st March 2027. These reforms will in...

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