Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 72681

Waste Disposal: Small Businesses

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 9 September 2025

Question

James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to ensure that all small (a) businesses and (b) charities can have commercial waste collection under the new Simpler Recycling legislation, allowing f

Answer

Mary Creagh

We can confirm that all small businesses and charities are in scope of Simpler Recycling. The Simpler Recycling legislation does not specify the type of vehicles that must be used for collection, provided they comply with existing standards on waste vehic...

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