DCLG To Prevent Recycling Centre 'Back Door' Charges

摘要

Secretary of State, Eric Pickles, is to go ahead with plans to prevent local authorities from charging entry or exit fees for residents using a household waste and recycling centre service, including any fee regarding the quantity of waste and recycling deposited there. Councils implementing an existing charge will have until April 2020 to make alternative arrangements for their sites, in case being forced to stop charging residents immediately results in site closures. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) ran a four week consultation on the proposals, claiming these charges could lead to an increase in fly-tipping and "backyard burning" of waste. Half of the respondents to the consultation welcomed the proposal to prevent local authorities charging for use of "discretionary" household waste recycling centres, while half did not. The Government said, however, that it is not persuaded by the arguments of those respondents opposing the proposed approach.