HC Deb 23 July 2004 vol 424 c830W
Tom Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the amount of(a) household and (b) industrial waste recycled by boroughs within the Greater London area was in each of the last three years. [185341]

Mr. Morley

Latest results from the Defra Municipal Waste Management Survey show the following amounts of household waste recycled or composted in the Greater London area:

Tonnes
2000–01 304,000
2001–02 319,000
2002–03 368,000

The latest results available for industrial and commercial waste, reused or recycled are from the Environment Agency National Waste Production Survey, 1998–99. Greater London results show 2,454,000 tonnes.