Written question asked by Lord Pickles (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 October 2007. It was answered by Joan Ruddock (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 October 2007 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Waste Management: Fees and Charges

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will take steps to prevent waste collection authorities from making charges additional to council tax for providing bin bags.

Answer: I have been asked to reply.The Environmental Protection Act 1990, section 46, allows waste collection authorities to require occupiers to place waste for collection in receptacles of a kind and number specified. Bin bags are considered a 'receptacle' under the Act. Waste collection authorities may:"(a) provide the receptacles free of charge;""(b) provide the receptacles and ask the occupier to pay for them;""(c) require the occupier to provide the receptacles himself if he does not agree to pay for them within a specified period, or;""(d) require the occupier to provide the receptacles himself from the outset."

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 157648; 465 c1180-1W
Session: 2006-07
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