questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on ensuring value for money in contracts for the treatment of separately collected household food waste, including where private contractors receive revenue from biomethane and digestate produced from that waste.
answerText: Defra does not provide direct guidance to local authorities for the procurement of food waste treatment contracts. However, Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), funded by Defra have provided guidance for local authorities to support the implementa...
heading: Waste Disposal: Contracts