HC Deb 28 May 2004 vol 422 cc226-8W
Sue Doughty

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications have been received for separate cells for hazardous waste in trade landfill sites; what the expected capacity for hazardous waste is at each of these sites; what the location is of each of these sites; and when she expects each of these to be available to receive hazardous waste. [175637]

Mr. Morley

[holding answer 25 May 2004]: Up to 21 May, the Environment Agency has received 38 applications for stable, non-reactive hazardous waste cells—separate cells—at non-hazardous waste landfills. This number may increase as further tranches of permit applications are received by the Agency, depending on

Application Site name Location Operator Status
1 Seaton Meadows Teeside, Middlesbrough Able UK Pending
2 Lillyhall Phase 3 Distington, Cumbria Alco Waste Management Permit issued
3 Arpley Landfill Warrington, Cheshire 3C waste Pending
4 Risley Landfill Warrington, Cheshire Biffa Waste Services Ltd. Pending
5 Aycliffe Quarry East Newton Aycliffe, Middlesbrough Stonegrave Aggregates Ltd. Application refused
6 Pilsworth North Landfill Bury, Manchester Viridor Waste Management Ltd. Permit issued
7 Lord St. Helens St. Helens, Lancashire Cory Environmental Application for separate cell for stable non-reactive waste withdrawn
8 Dimmer Landfill Dimmer Landfill, Dimmer Lane, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7NR Wyvern Waste Application refused
9 Poundbottom Forest Road, Redlych, Salisbury, Wiltshire CSG Group Ltd. Pending
10 Candles Landfill Site 1 Dog Lane, New Works, Telford, Shropshire Onyx Landfill Pending
11 Chelson Meadow Chelson Meadow Landfill, The Ride, Plymstock, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 7JA Plymouth County Council Pending
12 Ling Hall Warwickshire Onyx Landfill Pending
13 Bletchley Landfill Site Newton Longville, Bucks Shanks Pending
14 Elvaston Landfill Site Shardlow, Derbyshire Biffa Waste Services Ltd. Pending
15 Weldon Landfill Site Weldon, Northants Shanks and McEwan Ltd. Pending
16 Dogsthorpe Landfill Site Dogsthorpe, Peterborough Shanks Midlands Ltd. Pending
17 Middlemarsh Skegness, Lincs Waste Recycling Group Pending
18 Calvert Landfill Site Calvert, Bucks Shanks Pending
19 Dorket Head Quarry Landfill Notts Waste Recycling Group Pending
20 Erin Landfill Site Chesterfield. Derbyshire Viridor Pending
21 North Herts Landfill Site Hitchin, Herts Biffa Waste Services Ltd. Pending
22 Packington Landfill Litle Packington, Warks SITA Pending
23 Sidegate Landfill Site Wellingborough, Northants SITA Pending
24 Masons Landfill Suffolk Viridor Pending
25 Wangford Suffolk Viridor Pending
26 Bilsthorpe Quarry Brailworth Road. Bilsthorpe, Notts Waste Recycling Ltd. Pending
27 Wyrley Grove Landfill Gorsey Lane, Pelshall. Walsall. Staffs Cleansing Service Group Pending
28 Vigo Utopia Coppice Lane, Walsall Wood, Walsall, West Mids Cory Environmental Ltd. Pending
29 Boston Boston, Lincs Waste Recycling Ltd. Pending
30 Ardley Landfill Ardley Landfill, Ardley Quarry Southern Extension, Ardley Fields Farm, Ardley, Oxfordshire, OX6 9PH Viridor Waste Management Ltd. Pending
31 Deepmoor High Bullen, St. Giles in the Wood, Torrington, Devon, EX38 7JA Devon Waste Management Ltd. Pending
32 Connon Bridge East Taphouse, Liskard, Cornwall, PL14 4NP County Environmental Services Ltd. Pending
33 Blue Haze Blue Haze Landfill, Somerley, Ringwood, Hants Onyx Landfill Ltd. Pending
34 Beacon Hill Beacon Hill, Wareham Road, Corfe Mullen SITA Products and Services Ltd. Pending
35 Granville Granville/Woodhouse Landfill, Grange Lane, St. Georges, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 9PB Shropshire Waste management Ltd. Pending
36 Himley Wood Himley Quarry, Oak Lane, Kingswinford, Dudley, West Midlands, DY6 7LP Cory Environmental (Central) Ltd. Pending
37 Pebsham Freshfields, Bexhill Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Nr. Hastings, East Sussex, Tn38 8AY Biffa Waste Services Ltd. Pending
38 Horton Horton Landfill Site, Small Dole, West Sussex, BN5 9XH Viridor Waste Management Ltd. Pending

The Environment Agency is in discussion with the major waste companies in England and Wales to seek to agree a way forward in the use of separate landfill cells as a key part of the solution for hazardous waste, following the co-disposal ban in July.

operators' decisions. All such sites are merchant landfill sites. Two applications have been refused, two have been granted and one application has been withdrawn.

Final figures for the estimated capacities are not yet available as not all application contained sufficient detail for this to be assessed. The two permitted sites have an annual capacity of 57,500 tonnes.

The following table indicates the known location and operator for each of the 38 sites for which applications have been received and the status of each application.