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House of Commons Commission

Answer

Norman Baker: To ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission (1) if he will estimate the total volume of waste that has been produced each year since 1975; and how much was (a) food and other organic waste, (b) paper products, (c) printer products and (d) plastic packaging; [222254] (2) what the total volume of waste produced on the parliamentary estate was in each year since 1975, broken down by (a) amount produced and (b) amount recycled. [222328] Sir Archy Kirkwood: Data are available since 2002-03 for the total weight of waste, the weight of waste paper products recycled and the weight of other products recycled. Separate figures are not available for food, printer products or plastic packaging. Tonnes _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total weight of waste Weight of paper products Weight of other products recycled recycled 2002-03 1,478 263 311 2003-04 2,319 379 229 2004-05 to January 1,517 273 138 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c876W; 222254;222328

Session

2004-05

Subjects

House of Commons Food Recycling Packaging Paper Plastics Waste disposal Waste Printing machinery

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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