Written questions

Domestic Waste: Recycling

Commons · Question 7739 · Tabled 8 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 15 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with Council leaders on the potential merits of allowing local decision makers greater control over the design of local househo

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 15 Oct 2024

No, officials have not had any such discussions. The Environmental Protection Act requires that waste disposal authorities provide places for residents to dispose of household waste. Householders must be allowed to deposit waste deemed to be ‘household wa...