§ Mr. DjanoglyTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding arrangements have been proposed to deal with disposal in the county of Cambridgeshire of(a) refrigerators and (b) tyres. [74222]
§ Mr. MeacherWe have announced a further £40 million for local authorities to cover the costs of fridge disposal this year. This is in addition to £6 million already allocated for the last financial year. It is not possible to provide a meaningful allocation for each authority. It is intended that £40 million will be distributed later this year through the Special Grant system.
576WThe Landfill Directive is due to ban the disposal of tyres to landfill from mid-2006 by which time alternative ways of handling those tyres currently landfilled will need to be in place. At present 30 per cent. of used tyres are landfilled. However, the Government is supporting a number of research and development studies aimed at developing end markets for used tyre products which should become commercially available before the ban comes into effect. We do not anticipate, therefore, an additional burden on local authorities.