§ Jeremy CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her latest estimate is of recycling rates of waste(a) paper, (b) glass, (c) metal, (d) wood and (e) cloth for each London borough; what the Government targets are in each case; and if she will make a statement. [71108]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 19 July 2002]: Recycling data are collected in the Department's annual Municipal Waste Management Survey 2000–01. The total tonnages collected for recycling for different materials are listed below for all London boroughs and the four London Waste Disposal Authorities. Recycling rates are not available for individual materials. Separate recycling tonnages are not available for wood.
The Government's Waste Strategy 2000 established national targets of recycling or composting at least 25 per cent. of household waste by 2005, 30 per cent. by 2010 and 33 per cent. by 2015. These targets are not material specific.
To underpin the national targets, we have set challenging statutory performance standards for recycling or composting household waste for each local authority in England. Authorities must, on average, double their 1998–99 recycling rate by 2003–04 and triple their 1998–99 rate by 2005–06.
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 (as amended) set annual recovery and material-specific recycling targets for certain businesses. The material-specific recycling target of 19 per cent. set for 2002 covers paper, glass and aluminium.
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tonnes Authority Paper and card Glass Cans, scrap metal and white goods Textiles Unitary Authorities Bexley 10,719 1,447 1,799 48 Bromley 16,512 3,043 2,436 508 Croydon 6,645 2,397 4,518 399 Greenwich 2,250 786 2,209 69 Kingston-upon-Thames 5,534 958 2,023 134 Lewisham 3,836 1,260 67 48 London Corporation 3 7 0 0 Merton 7,052 1,284 1,096 245 Southwark 1,808 1,054 126 104 Sutton 4,686 2,114 685 192 Tower Hamlets 1,132 711 123 82 Westminster City 4,181 2,052 37 118
tonnes Authority Paper and card Glass Cans, scrap metal and white goods Textiles Waste Collection Authorities Barking and Dagenham 1,232 375 260 257 Barnet 8,128 1,655 106 235 Brent 4,652 1,747 268 419 Camden 9,980 3,303 982 604 Ealing 7,310 3,511 811 271 Enfield 4,182 1,481 1,164 189 Hackney 485 545 13 0 Hammersmith and Fulham 3,908 1,280 75 72 Haringey 3,774 894 591 40 Harrow 6,484 1,639 1,033 172 Havering 883 1,163 429 244 Hillingdon 3,882 1,652 3,976 317 Hounslow 6,671 2,693 2,288 296 Islington 2,761 1,494 74 20 Lambeth 5,380 3,202 714 189 Kensington and Chelsea 7,383 1,265 203 1 Newham 1,305 428 465 75 Redbridge 4,179 872 585 171 Richmond upon Thames 8,111 2,945 1,284 320 Waltham Forest 3,127 1,222 743 184 Wandsworth 4,663 2,193 193 17 Waste Disposal Authorities East London Waste Authority 0 0 0 0 North London Waste Authority 0 0 0 0 West London Waste Authority 0 0 1,460 0 Western Riverside Waste Authority 511 165 434 3 Grand Total 163,349 52,837 33,270 6,043
§ Jeremy CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what figures she collates on the recycling rates for(a) car batteries, (b) alkaline batteries, (c) computers and (d) mobile phones in each London borough; what the figures were in each of the past five years; and what plans she has to increase recycling rates. [71109]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 19 July 2002]Recycling data are collected in the Department's Municipal Waste Management Survey 2000–01. The total tonnages collected for recycling for batteries are listed below for all London boroughs and the four London Waste Disposal Authorities. Recycling rates are not available for individual materials. Recycling tonnages are not available for computers or mobile phones.
All local authorities have been set challenging individual statutory performance standards for recycling and composting. These can be found in the Government's Guidance on Municipal Waste Management Strategies, published in March 2001. Copies are available in the House of Commons Library and from the DEFRA website:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/management/ guidance/mwms/index.htm
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Tonnages of batteries collected for recycling 2000–01 tonnes Unitary Authorities Bexley 46 Bromley 105 City of Westminster 0 Corporation of London 0 Croydon 0 Greenwich 34 Kingston-upon-Thames 55 Lewisham 0 Merton 0 Southwark 4 Sutton 4 Tower Hamlets 0 Waste Collection Authorities Barking and Dagenham 0 Barnet 0 Brent 0 Camden 20 Ealing 43 Enfield 42 Hackney 0 Hammersmith and Fulham 0 Haringey 0 Harrow 41 Havering 61 Hillingdon 0 Hounslow 17 Islington 0 Kensington and Chelsea 0 Lambeth 10 Newham 23 Redbridge 312 Richmond upon Thames 0 Waltham Forest 37 Wandsworth 0 Waste Disposal Authorities Western Riverside Waste Authority 20 East London Waste Authority 0 North London Waste Authority 0 West London Waste Authority 0