§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much of the total tonnage of waste was collected for recycling in the last recorded 12 month period; and what proportion of that was from(a) domestic and (b) industrial sources. [74576]
§ Mr. MeacherFigures from the 2000–01 Defra Municipal Waste Management Survey show that for England, the latest tonnages of waste of municipal waste collected for recycling or composting were 3,442,000 tonnes, 2,812,000 of which was from household sources.
The proportion of household waste that was recycled or composted was 10 per cent.
Figures from the 1998–99 Environment Agency National Waste Production Survey, the most recent available, show that for England and Wales, 22,100,000 tonnes of industrial waste were recycled or re-used. The proportion of industrial waste recycled or re-used was 44 per cent.
§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much tonnage was collected from segregated domestic waste broken down by(a) paper, (b) plastic, (c) glass and (d) metals in the last recorded 12 month period. [74574]
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§ Mr. MeacherFigures from the 2000–01 Defra Municipal Waste Management Survey show that for England, the following segregated household waste were collected for recycling:
Material recycled Tonnages As a percentage of total household waste collected Paper and card 910,000 3.6 Plastics 13,000 0.1 Glass 396,000 1.8 Scrap metal, white goods and cans 336,000 1.3
§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what tonnage of collected segregated waste has been(a) landfilled and (b) fly-tipped in the last recorded 12 month period; and what proportion this is of the total waste collected. [74572]
§ Mr. MeacherThis information is not available.