HC Deb 26 July 2000 vol 354 cc605-6W
Mr. Öpik

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to seek to exclude farm and hunt kennel incinerators from the new European directive on waste incinerators; and if he will make a statement. [131477]

Mr. Hill

In negotiations on the European Parliament's proposed amendments to the waste incineration Directive proposal, the UK has made clear that it would like the text to exclude animal carcase incinerators provided that they are subject to alternative appropriate environmental regulation. We are now confident that the directive when it is adopted will include text intended specifically to exclude animal carcase incinerators with the proviso that the Commission intends to propose a revision to the animal waste directive providing for high environmental standards for incineration and co-incineration of animal waste.