§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what(a) percentage and (b) volume of material was recycled by each EU country under the terms of the EU Packaging Directive in the last year for which figures are available. [139201]
§ Mr. MorleyMember states are required to notify the Commission of their packaging data 18 months after the respective year ends. Member states are still in the process of notifying the Commission of their 2001 data. The most complete data set therefore refers to the year 2000, as detailed in the table.
Country Total in the waste stream(tonnes)2000 Recycling(percentage of waste arising)2000 Amount of packaging waste recycled (tones) Austria 1,170,000 69 807,300 Belgium 1,496,290 63 942,663 Denmark 852,258 56 477,265 Finland 442,500 50 221,250 France 12,499,000 42 5,249,580 Germany 15,130,700 78 11,801,946 Netherlands 2,903,000 59 1,712,770 Spain 6,628,035 40 2,651,214 Sweden 976,800 58 566,544 Luxembourg 79,701 45 35,865 Portugal 1,248,259 31 386,960 UK 9,179,981 40 3,671,992 Italy 11,168,200 38 4,243,916 Ireland 1— 1— 1— 1 Still to notify the Commission.
§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate she has made of the total volume of packaging used by the fast food industry in each of the last 10 years when 1223W serving their customers, broken down by (a) cardboard and paper, (b) plastics, (c) biodegradable materials and (d) other materials; [139199]
(2) what assessment her Department has made of the potential for the use of biodegradable packaging within the fast food industry. [139200]
§ Mr. MorleyI will write to the hon. Member with this information in due course.