§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what plans he has to set targets for the recycling of waste(a) paper, (b) cardboard, (c) glass, (d) metal, (e) plastic and (f) other products created by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. [98227]
§ Mr. LockMy Department's approach to waste management is based on recovery, reduce and re-use as the preferred options for minimising waste sent to landfill. This should help us to achieve the Green Ministers' target for Government Departments of recovering a minimum of 40 per cent. of total office waste, with at least 25 per cent. of that recovery coming from recycling or composting, in 2000–01. Our own corporate target is to establish a baseline figure for the amount of waste produced by the end of March 2000. We have no set individual targets for paper, cardboard, glass, metal, plastic or other materials. Our associate bodies have been encouraged to adopt the target I have set as Green Minister.