Food: Waste Disposal
(asked on 25th May 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to commence the measures in the Environment Act 2021 on the collection of food waste.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 5th June 2023
The Government has consulted on measures included in the Environment Act 2021 to increase consistency in recycling, including commencement dates for the requirements under the Act for the mandatory collection of food waste from all households and businesses in England. Further details will be announced within the response to this consultation, which will be published in due course.