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Dept of the Environment

Answer

Mr. Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the percentage of (a) glass and (b) steel recycled in the United Kingdom in (i) 1994 and (ii) 1995; and if he will list such data as is available on recycling rates for (1) the United Kingdom and (2) other European Union member states. [6995] Mr. Clappison: No definitive information is held centrally on the amount of glass and steel recycled in the United Kingdom. The latest estimates that my Department has on the amount of glass cullet and ferrous scrap that is recycled as a percentage of consumption in the United Kingdom during 1994 and 1995 are as follows: Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1994 1995{1} Glass cullet 28 26 Ferrous scrap 42 40 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Provisional No information is available on the amount of steel or ferrous scrap recycled by other European Union (EU) member states. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development include in its bi-annual "Compendium of Environmental Data" information on the amount of glass a number of EU member states have recycled as a percentage of apparent consumption. Available information is shown below, but care must be taken in drawing comparisons of recycling performance between different countries as the data are not collected on a consistently defined bases. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1994 Per cent. Denmark 67 France 48 Germany 75 Greece 29 Ireland 31 Italy 54 Portugal 32 Spain 31 United Kingdom 28 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

6995; 286 c644W;286 c642W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Glass Recycling Metals

Contains statistics

Yes