23 Mar 2023 --- The UK government’s impending plans to harmonize England’s waste collection systems, which are currently dictated by individual councils, are being heavily criticized by local authorities as senseless and risk causing “chaos” for the nation’s recycling systems. However, environmental consultants defend the plans, asserting that harmonizing waste collection will provide equal access to services and raise recycling levels in the long term. UK waste collection systems are divided between the country’s four nations. In England, collection policies are left to each council to decide.