Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 74991

Landfill: Safety

Tabled: 4 September 2025

Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

Adam Jogee

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, , what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle safety risks associated with landfill sites.

Answer

Mary Creagh

It is important that waste is managed safely in a way which does not pose risks to people or the environment. Operators of landfill sites in England are required by the Environmental Permitting (England & Wales) Regulations 2016 to hold an environment...

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