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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of waste collected in City of York has been recycled in each year since 1996-97; what financial assistance has been provided by the Government to York for recycling in that period; and what policies the Government has adopted to encourage local authorities to increase recycling rates. [224641] Mr. Morley: The proportion1 of household waste sent for recycling or composting for City of York in each year since 1996-67 is presented in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of household waste sent for recycling or composting for City of York 1996-97 4 1998-99 6 1999-2000 10 2000-01 9 2001-02 10 2002-03 12 2003-04 115 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 MWMS Data for 2003-04 are not yet available. Best Value Performance Indicator data (for the percentage of household waste sent for recycling or composting) are usually a good indicator for Defra's MWMS and are included here. Source: Defra's Municipal Waste Management Survey (MWMS) The City of York was allocated £350,000 in 2004-05 from Defra's Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund for the relocation and upgrading of a Recycling and Reuse Centre and £145,789.54 in 2005-06 from Defra's Waste Performance and Efficiency Grant. This supplements Revenue Support Grants through the Environmental, Protective and Cultural Services block. To increase recycling, the Government has set each local authority in England Statutory Performance Standards for recycling and composting of household waste for 2003-04 and 2005-06 and requires waste collection authorities, subject to certain exemptions, to provide a kerbside collection service of at least two recyclable materials by 2010. The new Landfill Tax escalator and the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme, both introduced on 1 April 2005 will also encourage local authorities to divert biodegradable municipal waste from landfill. The UK Packaging Regulations requiring producers to recover and recycle rising target levels of packaging waste each year will also increasingly encourage recycling of household packaging waste. Government is currently reviewing the existing local authority recycling and composting targets including consideration of the potential for further targets to be set in future.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1675-6W;432 c1671W; 224641

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Finance Recycling York

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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