§ 20. Dr. StarkeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures are planned(a) to discourage incineration of waste and (b) to encourage maximum recycling and recover. [120207]
§ Mr. MorleyThe Government's Waste Strategy 2000 set national targets for the recycling or composting of at least 25 per cent. of household waste by 2005, 30 per cent. by 2010 and 33 per cent. by 2015. To underpin these national targets we have set challenging statutory recycling and composting targets for all local authorities in England.
We encourage recycling above incineration, but incineration with energy recovery is more sustainable than landfill. We have no plans at present to discourage the use of this option, albeit that it is one option of waste management.