Clampdown on incorrect waste fees for charities

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 29 August 2007

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will write to every local authority chief executive to remind them not to charge charity shops for disposing of unwanted donations.

The Environment Protection Act defines the refuse produced by such institutions as household waste, which means they can be charged only for its collection. But the Association of Charity Shops estimates that more than 100 collection authorities in England – just under one in four – are or might be...

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