HC Deb 03 April 1940 vol 359 c162
42. Lieut.-Colonel Heneage

asked the Minister of Supply, how many local authorities are installing apparatus to reduce waste products suitable for feeding-stuffs to a form of meal or otherwise?

Mr. Burgin

Twenty-five local authorities already have utilisation plants for treating organic waste materials and all such plants are capable of reducing suitable waste materials to feeding meals. With my hon. Friend's permission, I will circulate a list of these authorities in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the list:

Accrington. Leicester.
Birkenhead. Manchester.
Birmingham. Middlesbrough.
Bolton. Morecambe.
Bradford. Nelson.
Buckhaven and Methil. Nuneaton.
Preston.
Coventry. Rochdale.
Crewe. Rotherham.
Dundee. Sheffield.
Edinburgh Stirling.
Halifax. Stoke-on-Trent.
Kirkcaldy. Wolverhampton.

In addition, the Tottenham Borough Council are providing a special plant for drying stock feeding-stuffs.