Written question asked by Martyn Jones (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 November 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 November 1999. It was answered by Keith Hill (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 November 1999 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research his Department has undertaken into emissions from landfill sites. - Including ref to An estimate of methane emissions from UK landfill sites based on direct flux measurements at representative sites.

Answer: Mr. Martyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what research his Department has undertaken into emissions from landfill sites. [97620] Mr. Hill: DETR has commissioned two projects on estimating methane emissions from landfill sites, the first being "An estimate of methane emissions from UK landfill sites based on direct flux measurements at representative sites", published in November 1997. The results underpinned a second project to develop a methodology for estimating UK emissions from landfill and to offer projections to 2012, published in March 1999.

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