§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the correlation between the level of waste collected per head of population by waste collection authorities and the size of dustbin available. [15708]
§ Angela EagleFigures provided by district councils in a new DETR/Welsh Office survey of municipal waste management suggest that weekly arisings per household are up to 3kg higher in areas where households are provided with wheeled bins than in areas provided with plastic sacks. However, a direct relationship between bin size and waste volume cannot be assumed, as there are other factors which can influence the amount of waste generated, for example the socioeconomic characteristics of households and the type of housing. Local authorities may take these factors into account in any decision to introduce wheeled bins in a particular area.