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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Answer

Mr. Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the sites which received Byker incinerator ash for use (a) in building bricks, blocks, paving stones and building materials, (b) in public and private roads and streets, (c) in compost, potting soil, growing medium and fertiliser and (d) on farms, livestock/poultry holding sites and feedstuffs companies, indicating the dates on which materials were received and the quantities involved. [155337] Mr. Meacher: [holding answer 26 March 2001]: I have separately provided the hon. Member with a list of the sites which have received ash from the Byker Reclamation Plant (ie paths/bridleways, allotments and farms). I have been advised by the Environment Agency that it has no knowledge of ash from the Plant being used in (a); no knowledge of its use in (b) other than paths/bridleways; and no knowledge of its use in (c) other than where it has become entrained in soil on allotments at which ash has been used for path construction. In relation to (d), the Agency understands that poultry may have been kept by the plot holders at some of the allotments at which ash was received. Ash was also received at the following farms: N E Mason Farm, where 80 tonnes was deposited in 1996- 1997; and Anfield Plain, where 30 tonnes was deposited (year not known).

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

365 c821W; 155337

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Buildings Allotments Animal feed Farms Fertilisers Poultry Pollution Public footpaths Newcastle upon Tyne Roads Waste disposal Bridleways Heat networks

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