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The Department for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been consulting on
the national Resources and Waste Strategy (RaWS) over the last 4
years with a series of prolonged delays in publishing consultation
responses. On Saturday 21 October, government published a further
two publications for consultation. The consultation runs for four
weeks with a closing date of Monday 20 November 2023.
 
Please find attached 2
consultation responses required by the recent Simpler Recycling
documents issued by Defra. These are:
 
1)   
Consultation on exemptions and statutory guidance
for Simpler Recycling in England. This is the significant area of
consultation and key points are the proposed exemption to enable
collection of mixed dry recyclables and the exemption to permit
collections of mixed garden and food waste which we support. The
proposal for a minimum standard for residual waste collection on a
fortnightly basis is not supported as that will adversely affect
Bury Council as we collect on a 3 weekly basis.
 
2)   
Consultation on additional policies related to
Simpler Recycling in England – this sets out proposals for
non domestic premises such as places of worship, buildings used for
public meetings etc to be provided with the same collection
arrangements as domestic properties.
 
The
responses have been developed in conjunction with Greater
Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), Waste Resource Action
Programme (WRAP), Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE),
Charted Institute of Waste management (CIWM) and The Local
Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) and are due for
submission on Monday 20th November.
 
This
report asks permission to submit our response to Defra.