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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of local authority refuse collection points to dispose of white goods.

Every waste disposal authority is required to provide collection points for household waste including white goods. We recognise that there is a current issue with the treatment capacity for fridges. The Environment Agency is working at the local level to respond positively to requests for storage of fridges above site permit limits to help alleviate this pressure.