To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Dorset Waste Partnership does not charge householders for the disposal of waste arising from DIY projects.
Answered on
28 November 2016
In 2015 the government introduced legislation to prevent local authorities from charging their residents to dispose of household waste at household waste recycling centres. Recently updated guidance on these centres, prepared by the charity WRAP, classifies DIY waste as household waste if it results from work a householder would normally carry out. The government supports that position.
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