Written question asked by Lord Pickles (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 April 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 April 2008. It was answered by Joan Ruddock (Labour) on Monday, 21 April 2008 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 30 October 2007, Official Report, columns 1180-1W, on waste management: fees and charges, what obligation there is upon the relevant waste collection authority to collect domestic waste put out in receptacles other than those provided by the local authority in those areas where local authorities make a charge for the provision of waste receptacles.

Answer: Under section 45 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, local authorities (LAs) have a general duty to collect household waste. Section 46 of that Act gives LAs powers to determine arrangements for collection, such as the size, number and placing of receptacles for collection. As DEFRA advised in a letter of August 2005 to LAs, where an authority uses its section 46 powers to prescribe such arrangements and a resident does not comply with those requirements, an LA has no further duty to collect their waste, other than the duty to keep relevant land clear of litter and refuse.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 474 c1373W; 199507
Session: 2007-08
Related items: Waste Management: Fees and Charges
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
Written questions
House of Commons; Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges
Friday, 9 May 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Fees and charges Waste disposal
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