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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to introduce a new (a) household and (b) business waste collections policy; and whether funding will be made available to local authorities to support the delivery of that policy.

In 2021 we published a second consultation on recycling consistency for households and businesses in England. This consultation sought views on increasing consistency in recycling, including on the materials in scope of collection, proposals for commencement dates for regulations, exemptions and statutory guidance. We are aiming to publish our response shortly.

Any new financial burdens introduced through new statutory duties on local authorities will be assessed and the reasonable net additional cost covered by the Government. Local authorities are already permitted to charge for business waste collections.