Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 December 2008. It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Monday, 15 December 2008 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Textiles: Waste Disposal
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what statistics his Department holds on the amount of textile waste (a) recycled and (b) sent to landfill in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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The following table details the amount of textiles waste from household sources recycled in England since 2003-04. This is likely to underestimate household textile recycling, as some will be recorded as co-mingled waste. No reliable data are currently available for textile waste sent to landfill.
Recycled textiles Thousand tonnes 2003-04 59 2004-05 71 2005-06¹ 86 2006-07¹ 103 2007-08¹ 113 ¹ Contains a small amount of municipally collected textiles from non-household sources. Source: WasteDataFlow.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 485 c326W; 240889
- Session
- 2008-09
- Subjects
- Waste disposal Textiles
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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