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The Government is proposing to allow local authorities to charge businesses for disposal of their waste, as well as collections.
The Controlled Waste Regulations 1992 list different types of household waste which local authorities can charge to collect but not to dispose of. This is a barrier to achieving the government’s plan for a zero waste economy.
The main proposals include:
> Giving local authorities the power to charge for the disposal as well as collection of waste from non-domestic properties
> Reclassifying waste from certain properties as commercial and not household waste
> Retaining local authorities’ discretion to decide when to charge depending on local circumstances
> Providing free disposal to charity shops and reuse organisations
> Retaining local authorities’ duty to collect waste from certain organisations for public health protection
> Restructuring the controlled waste regulations to make them easier to use.
The proposed regulations will be of interest to local authorities, managers of premises who currently pay a waste collection charge (such as prisons, hospitals and universities) and private waste contractors.
The regulations will not make any changes to charges for waste collection from domestic properties.
The regulation will be coming into force on 6 April 2011
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