§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total volume of(a) domestic, (b) commercial and (c) other waste was in each region in each year since 2000 and projected to 2005, broken down by the proportion of waste (i) sent to landfill, (ii) incinerated and (iii) disposed of by other means. [99234]
§ Mr. MeacherThe available information is shown in the tables below. The latest available data for municipal waste are from the 2000/01 Municipal Waste Management Survey, by Defra and the National Assembly for Wales. In 2000–01 some 89 per cent of all municipal waste was domestic (household) waste. The latest available data for commercial and industrial waste are taken from the Environment Agency's National Waste Production Survey for 1999. Projections are not available.
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Municipal waste 2000–01 Government Region Municipal waste (000 tonnes) Landfill disposal (percentage) Incineration (percentage) Other methods (percentage) West Midlands 2,895 58 31 10 Yorkshire and the Humber 2,959 85 3 12 Total: 2,959 79 8 13
Commercial Waste 2000–01 Government Region Commercial waste 2000–01 (000 tonnes) Landfill disposal (percentage) Incineration (percentage) Other methods (percentage) East Midlands 1,787 49 5 46 East of England 2,487 63 1 36 London 4,350 56 1 43 North East 996 45 8 47 North West 3,104 57 1 42 South East 4,043 56 1 43 South West 2,322 52 1 48 Wales 1,141 68 0 32 West Midlands 2,340 45 9 46 Yorkshire & the Humber 2,231 48 3 49 Total: 24,802 54 3 43
Industrial Waste 1999 Government Region Industrial waste (000 tonnes) Landfill disposal (percentage) Incineration (percentage) Other methods (percentage) East Midlands 5,919 49 2 49 East of England 3,652 46 2 52 London 2,740 40 4 56 North East 3,761 46 2 51 North West 6,475 45 1 54 South East 4,958 46 1 53 South West 2,914 40 3 57 Wales 4,989 33 1 66 West Midlands 5,219 41 4 55 Yorkshire and the Humber 9,465 37 1 62 Total: 50,090 42 2 56 Notes:
- 1. Percentages for tables may not add due to founding.
- 2. 'Other Methods' for municipal waste will include recycled and composted waste and waste sent for refuse derived fuel.
- 3. 'Other Methods' for commercial and industrial waste will include land recovery, re-used and recycled and a proportion of waste sent for treatment or transfer station.
- 4. Industrial waste excludes construction and demolition, agriculture, mining and quarrying.