§ Norman BakerTo ask the secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Lewes of 24 February,Official Report column 98W, on municipal waste, what percentage of household waste she anticipates will be recycled or composted by 2005 and what percentage of household waste will have value recovered by 2005 based on current achievements; and in respect of the waste recovery targets, what percentage of each target she estimates will be delivered by incineration. [100386]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 3 March 2003]: We are taking action aimed at delivering the targets for 2005 in Waste Strategy 2000, which were set out in my answer to the hon. Member of 26 February.
In 2000–01, 11 per cent. of household waste in England was recycled or composted; provisional estimates based on Best Value Performance Indicators suggest this figure may increase to almost 13 per cent. for 2001–02. In 2000–01 value was recovered from 21 per cent. of municipal waste, 9 per cent. of this was through incineration with energy recovery.