Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 25082

Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 20 January 2025

Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal Democrat — Tiverton and Minehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed changes to the cost of acquiring a waste exemption permit on future trends in the level of landfill.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Environment Agency (EA) charges consultation (including proposals to charge for waste exemptions) is now closed. The EA expects businesses that register and comply with waste exemptions without the requirement for an environmental permit, will continu...

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