Written questions

Recycling

2026-06-11 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · 9454 · Official question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities are meeting their responsibility to collect household and food waste separately under Simpler Recycling.

Answer

We are encouraged by recent data provided by our partners Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to see that most councils in England (excluding those granted transitional arrangements for food waste collections) are either already compliant with S...