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...