Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of litter were collected by local authorities in (a) March, (b) April and (c) May 2020.
Defra does not hold the data requested.
Data on local authority waste is collected on a quarterly basis and is reported three months in arrears to the end of the period to which it relates. Figures for the period January to March 2020 have not yet been submitted by most local authorities.
Quarterly data relating to street cleansing waste tonnages for 2018/19 and earlier years are available at:
These figures will include waste collected as part of street cleansing operations, including naturally-occurring detritus such as fallen leaves/blossom and other fine material, as well as waste collected from public litter bins and dropped as litter.