Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

(asked on 30th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities (a) charge for and (b) offer a free garden waste disposal service; and of those that charge for that service, what the average charge is per household in England.


Answered by
Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 4th November 2020
As of 2018/19, 319 local authorities in England (98%) collect garden waste. 213 local authorities (65%) charge for garden waste collection as a subscription service, and the remainder of local authorities collecting garden waste provide a free collection service. For local authorities that charge for a garden waste collection service, the mean average charge per household in England is £43.23 per year (WRAP survey data).
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