A question on #Food #WasteDisposal tabled by Peter Prinsley on 03-03-2025 has been answered by Mary Creagh.

Heading: Food: Waste Disposal
Question ID: 1780612
UIN: 35060
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-03
Asking Member ID: 5163
Asking Member display name: Peter Prinsley
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Peter Prinsley
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for when councils will receive (a) transitional funding and (b) revenue support to develop food waste collection services compliant with new waste regulat
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Date answered: 2025-03-25
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Answering Member ID: 1579
Answering Member display name: Mary Creagh
Answering Member handle: marycreagh_
Answering Member Twitter reference: @marycreagh_
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Answer text: Collecting food waste separately from residual waste allows us to send it for anaerobic digestion or composting. This reduces the amount of food waste going to landfill, where it releases harmful greenhouse gases, helping to achieve our Net Zero strategy ...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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