HC Deb 23 February 1989 vol 147 c726W
Mr. Butler

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information his Department has on the level of the release of chloroflurocarbons from landfill sites in landfill gas.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Trace quantities of chloroflurocarbons have been detected in landfill gas. They are one of many substances to be found in low concentrations in landfill gas.