Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges

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Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of waste collection authorities that charge money in addition to council tax for the collection of garden or food waste.


Answered by
Thérèse Coffey Portrait
Thérèse Coffey
This question was answered on 12th October 2018

Estimates by the Waste and Resources Action Programme show that 318 local authorities (97%) separately collected garden waste in 2017/18, and 193 (58%) charged for this service. Domestic food waste is considered household waste and local authorities are not able to charge directly for its collection, whether separately or mixed with garden waste.

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