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...