§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish in the form of a table(a) the amount of glass recycled by each west European country in 1988 and (b) the amount of glass recycled as a percentage of the total amount of glass used for packaging for each country.
§ Mr. Forth[holding answer 19 October 1989]: The information is in the table.
Western Europe glass recycling figures for 1988 Country Tonnes of glass re-cycled Percentage of total amount of glass used for packaging Austria 98,000 50 Belgium 166,000 50 Denmark 46,000 27 Finland 2,000 3 France 676,000 34 West Germany 1,176,000 39 United Kingdom 264,000 16 Greece 14,000 16 Ireland 9,000 10 Italy 610,000 40 Netherlands 261,000 53 Norway 3,000 6 Portugal 31,000 13 Spain 278,000 23 Sweden 31,000 22 Switzerland 156,000 55 Note:
The European figures were provided by FEVE—the European Glass Containers Federation. The United Kingdom figure was provided by the British Glass Manufacturers Confederation.
§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what amount of cullet was imported into the United Kingdom in 1988.
§ Mr. Forth[holding answer 19 October 1989]: A total of 11,000 tonnes of cullet was imported into the United Kingdom in 1988.