§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the removal from role of the Director-General, Fisheries. [55694]
§ Mr. MorleyThe European Commission is responsible for senior staffing within the Commission services. The Commission announced changes affecting 13 senior staff on 24 April. The post of Director-General of Fisheries Policy is being advertised within the Commission. The present director-general remains in post pending the new appointment.
Recovery and recycling carried out in 2001(UK) UK re-processing (1) Exported for re-processing (2) Re-processing for which no PRN/PERN issued (incl. in (1) (3) PRN/PERN carried forward to 2002 (4) Tonnes accepted for recovery and recycling, UK (5) Paper 1,851,505 179,439 25,895 83,064 2,030,944 Glass 696,578 39,016 17,036 29,273 735,594 Aluminium 25,869 3,161 1 821 29,030 Steel 141,343 136,736 3,051 8,365 278,079 Plastic 203,149 66,813 6,077 10,506 269,962 Wood 573,951 — 4,985 23,742 573,951 Alt. evidence 30,741 — — — 30,741 Total recycling 3,523,136 425,165 57,045 155,771 3,948,301 Efw 513,939 — 913 24,986 513,939 Total 4,037,075 425,165 57,958 180,757 4,462,240 Article 6(1) of the EC directive on packaging and packaging waste 94/62/EC set the following targets:
Between 50 per cent. and 65 per cent. recovery
Between 25 per cent. 45 per cent. recycling
15 per cent. recycling of each material.
The UK performance against the targets is shown in the table.
UK performance against 2001 directive targets Percentage Material Target Performance Paper 15 53 Glass 15 33 Aluminium 15 124 Steel 15 137 Plastic 15 16 Wood 15 57 Total recovery 50 to 65 47.9 Total recycling 25 to 45 42 1 Metals 35 per cent. The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 (as amended) and parallel legislation in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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