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Written question asked by Lord Greaves (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 26 May 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 10 June 2016. It was answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative) on Friday, 10 June 2016 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of waste collection authorities in England that are collecting residual kitchen and non-recyclable domestic waste (1) weekly, (2) fortnightly, (3) every three weeks, and (4) monthly.

Answer

Estimates on the number of authorities collecting residual waste in England are collated by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). This information represents WRAP’s best understanding of residual waste collection frequencies up to the end of May this year.

‘Residual waste’ collection normally excludes dry recyclables, but includes food waste, where this is not collected separately (or mixed with garden waste) for recycling either by being sent to treatment through anaerobic digestion or composting.

Where the authority offers more than one scheme frequency to different householders, they have been counted in each category, and therefore some authorities are counted more than once.

Number of authorities on each residual waste collection frequency

Weekly

Fortnightly

Both weekly & fortnightly

Three-weekly

Monthly

168

237

83

2

0

Figures are for England

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL371
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Domestic waste Waste disposal
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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