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Recommendation 52
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Acknowledged
Paragraph: 263
The water and grease management industry must develop standards for the sectors which use FOG...
Recommendation
The water and grease management industry must develop standards for the sectors which use FOG routinely to collect and dispose of such responsibly without it entering the drainage network. We further recommend that Ministers work with the water industry to consider whether fats, oils and greases should be classed as a trade effluent and all takeaways and food outlets required to install grease management systems.
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The Government welcomes the focus on citizen science and CaBA partnership monitoring and encourages water companies to engage with CaBA partnerships, expecting the Environment Agency's links to ensure that citizen science data is taken into account.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
Fats, oils and grease should be recycled, or disposed of, in adherence to guidance from the relevant local authority or waste collection company. As part of reforms to improve recycling consistency and roll out universal separate food waste collections in England, last year, we consulted on proposals, including a proposed list of materials that will be included in the food waste stream. We are currently analysing responses to the consultation and developing final policy positions – the final list of materials that should be collected in the food waste stream will be included in our Government response to the consultation which we intend to publish in early 2022.
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