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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of the practice of people collecting waste from householders for a charge and subsequently fly-tipping the material.

There are shortcomings in the current registration system for carriers, brokers and dealers of waste, which is why we are currently consulting on its reform. We are also consulting on the introduction of mandatory digital waste tracking so we can know better where our waste ends up. Together, these measures will help to ensure that waste is dealt with appropriately and will reduce opportunities for waste crime.

Householders in England and Wales already have a duty to ensure they only transfer their household waste to an ‘authorised person’. Those who fail in this duty may be subject to prosecution or a fixed penalty notice.