HC Deb 24 January 2000 vol 343 cc126-7W
Mr. Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list, for each London borough, in the year 1998, the percentage of waste disposal by(a) landfill, (b) recycling and (c) incineration. [105327]

Mr. Mullin

The tables set out the available information for the percentage of municipal waste recycled, landfilled and incinerated in 1997–98 for the London boroughs. Full information is available for unitary authorities, which are responsible for both waste collection and disposal. For the boroughs that are waste collection authorities, the percentage of municipal waste recycled is shown. Landfill and incineration data are not available for individual waste collection authorities, as this is the responsibility of the waste disposal authority.

Unitary authorities: Percentage of municipal waste recycled, landfilled and incinerated
Percentage
Recycling and composting Landfill Incineration
Bexley 17 31 52
Bromley 9 91 0
Corporation of London 0 100 0
Croydon 9 90 1
Greenwich 5 19 76
Kingston upon Thames 10 90 0

Unitary authorities: Percentage of municipal waste recycled, landfilled and incinerated
Percentage
Recycling and composting Landfill Incineration
Lewisham 5 2 93
Merton 4 n/a n/a
Southwark 3 97 1
Sutton n/a n/a n/a
Tower Hamlets 2 98 0
Westminster 5 n/a n/a

Waste collection authorities: Municipal waste recycled, as a percentage of waste collected by the waste collection authority
Percentage
Recycling and composting
Barking and Dagenham n/a
Barnet 7
Brent 3
Camden 7
Ealing 6
Enfield 7
Hackney n/a
Hammersmith and Fulham 5
Haringey 3
Harrow 6
Havering n/a
Hillingdon 6
Hounslow 9
Islington 2
Kensington and Chelsea 6
Lambeth 4
Newham 2
Redbridge 4
Richmond upon Thames n/a
Waltham Forest 4
Wandsworth 5

Waste disposal authorities: Municipal waste recycled, landfilled and incinerated, as a percentage of waste recycled and disposed of by the waste disposal authority
Percentage
Recycling and composting Landfill Incineration
Western Riverside Waste Authority 1 99 0
East London Waste Authority 0 87 13
North London Waste Authority 2 56 42
West London Waste Authority 0 100 0

Note:

No response to the 1997–98 survey was received from the boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Hackney and Havering, and data for Richmond upon Thames, Merton and Westminster are incomplete.

Source:

Municipal Waste Survey