Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 84466

Waste Disposal: Monitoring

Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Shaun Davies

LabourTelford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the digital waste tracking service to tackle waste crime.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Waste handled illegally and poor performing waste sites can damage the environment, blight local communities, for example by causing odour and pest issues, undermine legitimate businesses, and is estimated to cost the UK economy one billion pounds per yea...

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