Heading: |
Incinerators: Recycling |
Question ID: |
1755991 |
UIN: |
HL4103 |
House: |
Lords |
Date tabled: |
2025-01-15 |
Asking Member ID: |
4297 |
Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
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Asking Member handle: |
greenjennyjones
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Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@greenjennyjones
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Member interest: |
false |
Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how much recyclable waste was incinerated in 2023. |
Is named day: |
false |
Date of holding answer: |
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Date answered: |
2025-02-10 |
Date answer corrected: |
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Is holding answer: |
false |
Is correcting answer: |
false |
Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
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Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
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Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
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Correcting Member ID: |
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Correcting Member display name: |
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Answer text: |
A total of 18 million tonnes of waste was incinerated in 2023 in England (Source: Waste Management Summary for England for 2023). This compares with 17.2 million tonnes in 2022. Information on how much of this was recyclable is not held. |
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Answering body ID: |
13 |
Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
Tweeted: |
true |