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Waste Disposal: West Midlands

Commons · Question 107695 · Tabled 22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the consistency of household waste collection services across the West Midlands.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 28 Jan 2026

Under Simpler Recycling, Section 45A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (amended by the Environment Act 2021) will require all local authorities in England to make arrangements for a core set of materials to be collected for recycling from household...