HC Deb 28 January 2003 vol 398 c734W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the amount of municipal waste generated in the United Kingdom, using the definition of municipal waste in Article 2(b) of the Landfill Directive (99/31/EC).[89625]

Margaret Beckett

It is estimated that around 34 million tonnes of municipal waste were generated in the United Kingdom in 2000–01(using the definition in Article 2(b) of the Landfill Directive).