Petition Stop Council Household Waste Recycling Centres charging for any domestic waste.

Councils are increasingly starting to charge for waste deemed as non-household waste despite deriving from a household. This includes, rubble, plasterboard, sanitary ware, drainage pipes etc.This is not cost effective and will increase the amount of fly tipping.This excludes commercial derived waste

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Staffordshire county council charge £6 to dispose of a toilet with cistern.
£3 per bag of rubble or plasterboard. etc view their website for more details.

Councils should aim to encourage recycling and correct disposal of waste, not discourage it by charging.

This petition closed early because of a General Election Find out more on the Petitions Committee website

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Date closed 3 May 2017
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