HC Deb 27 May 1993 vol 225 c706W
Mr. Dafis

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has on the volumes of glass collected for recycling in Wales in each year from 1989; and what percentage of collected glass was recycled in each year.

Mr. Gwilym Jones

Information supplied to the Welsh Office by the British Glass Manufacturers Confederation is as follows:

Tonnage of glass collected during the year1
Year Tonnage
1989 2,539
1990 4,710
1991 7,231
1992 8,559
1Total of districts for which data are available. Excludes glass not collected by members of the bottle bank scheme.

All collected glass is recycled.