HC Deb 13 February 2004 vol 418 c128W
Mrs. Spelman

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average recovery level achieved by licensed UK plants in respect of CFC R12 from refrigeration equipment was in each year for which figures are available. [154285]

Mr. Morley

For 2003, the average recovery level of CFC R12 achieved at fridge destruction facilities in England and Wales was 50.5 g per unit and for CFC R11 186.13 g, therefore giving a total of 236.63 g per fridge.

For 2001 and 2002, figures for CFC R12 and CFC R11 are not separately available.

Mrs. Spelman

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many items of equipment containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were processed in each year for which CFC recovery figures are available. [154286]

Mr. Morley

For the year 2002, 299,000 items of equipment containing refrigerants were treated in England and Wales and 418,000 units were exported for recovery to Germany and the Netherlands.

For the year 2003, 979,336 items of equipment containing refrigerants treated in England and Wales and 377,168 units exported for treatment to Germany, Netherlands and Denmark.

Not all the refrigerants within the equipment were CFCs. Reporting mechanisms for future years will undertake to distinguish between different refrigerants.