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Food: Waste Disposal

Asked by Alex BallingerLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 30 April 2025UIN 46456

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) value for money and (b) effectiveness of weekly food waste recycling collections by local authorities.

Answered by Mary Creagh

A value for money assessment was made in the Simpler Recycling impact assessment available here: The Separation of Waste (England) Regulations 2025, published in December 2024. The effectiveness of weekly food waste recycling collections by local authorities will be made in the Resources and Waste Policy Programme Evaluation, which we expect to be published around 2029.

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