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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on proposals to increase the number of domestic recycling bins.

We continue to engage with key stakeholders including the Local Government Association and District Councils Network.

Through powers in the Environment Act, local authorities will be required to collect the same set of recyclable waste streams for recycling, but they will be able to decide how they deliver these commitments, in line with the legislation and any guidance. This could mean applying an exception, as allowed within the legislation, to collect some, or all the dry recyclable waste streams together in the same bag or bin.