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Written question asked by Lord Patten (Conservative) on Monday, 5 September 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 September 2022. It was answered by Lord Benyon (Conservative) on Monday, 26 September 2022 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Waste Disposal

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the health risks, if any, posed by three-weekly rubbish collections during hot weather.

Answer

The Government has not made an assessment of the health risks of three-weekly collections. Currently only a small minority of local authorities in England provide a three-weekly residual waste collection. The Government supports frequent and comprehensive rubbish and recycling collections. We want to ensure that householders are not inconvenienced by being unable to get rid of putrescent or smelly waste weekly or having insufficient capacity to recycle or to remove residual waste.

Through new powers in the Environment Act 2021, local authorities will be required to provide a separate food waste collection to every household in England. Local authorities must implement at least weekly food waste collections and should continue to provide residual waste collections at an appropriate frequency, to ensure they are meeting their legal duty and to prevent any build-up of waste that could be harmful to public health.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2150
Session
2022-23
Related items
Waste Disposal
Thursday, 27 October 2022
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Domestic waste Temperature Waste disposal
Link
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