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Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

Commons · Question 24030 · Tabled 14 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 23 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned modelling on the reduction in residual waste collection frequency as a consequence of the Simpler Recycling programme.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 23 Jan 2025

For too long, households in England have been presented with a muddled and confusing patchwork of approaches to bin collections. This Government inherited legislation that could have required households to have up to 7 bins, placing an unnecessary burden ...