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Written question asked by Grant Shapps (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. It was answered by Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.

Departmental Waste

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what volume of waste his Department generated in each of the last three years; what percentage of this was (a) paper, (b) plastic, (c) glass, (d) metal, (e) electrical goods and batteries and (f) food waste; and what percentage of his Department's waste was (i) disposed of securely, (ii) disposed of in landfill and (iii) recycled.
Answer

HM Treasury is committed to making operations as sustainable as possible. Detailed information on waste and recycling in Treasury buildings is published in HM Treasury's Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09 (HC 611).The recycled paper waste in that report includes all of the Department's documents that are disposed of securely. The following table gives the proportions, where available, of the total waste by weight report which relate to batteries, all of which are recycled.

HM Treasury battery disposals, 2006-07 to 2008-09
Tonnes
1 Horse Guards Road Rosebery Court
2006-07 0.1580 —
2007-08 0 —
2008-09 0.3295 0.006

In the years reported, all disposals of HM Treasury's IT equipment were recycled under a service contract with an external organisation.The remaining information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
503 c949W; 310381
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Waste Treasury
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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