Household waste recycling centres: DIY waste disposal charges and booking systems
Applies to England
Read the full outcome
Detail of outcome
The criteria defining when construction waste should be considered ‘DIY’ waste (and treated as household waste) will be written into legislation this year.
Following consultation, we have changed 2 of the proposed criteria to allow increased flexibility for householders and to minimise the risk of abuse by traders.
Detail of feedback received
Defra has carefully considered the 2,240 responses received to the consultation.
Original consultation
Consultation description
We want to know what you think about our plans to prevent charges to householders for the disposal of ‘Do It Yourself’ (DIY) waste.
Government believes householders should not be charged to dispose of DIY waste. We are proposing changes to allow householders to deposit DIY waste for free. This will reduce the potential risk of fly-tipping, littering and backyard burning which create additional costs for local authorities and causes environmental issues.
We want to know what you think about:
- construction waste being treated as DIY waste in certain circumstances and therefore being classed as household waste enabling it to be disposed of free of charge
- possible criteria to define construction waste as DIY waste to allow householders to deposit DIY waste for free
- the impacts of booking systems at household waste recycling centres
Updates to this page
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In the summary of responses and government response, updated the section ‘Next steps’ to reflect progress in amending legislation.
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We have added the summary of responses and government response.
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Changed the publishing date for the summary of responses and government response to spring 2023.
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Updated to explain we received 2,240 responses to this consultation. We aim to publish the summary of responses and government response in autumn 2022.
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First published.