Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 32077

Waste Disposal

Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 27 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Robbie Moore

ConservativeKeighley and Ilkley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has plans to reform waste exemptions under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Defra is developing reforms to the waste exemptions regime which will ensure activities carried out under waste exemptions are indeed low risk and small scale and which will prevent exemptions from being used to hide illegal activity.