Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 3 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 December 2003. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 December 2003 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the processed output from mechanical biological treatment works counts towards local authority recycling targets.

Answer: Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the processed output from mechanical biological treatment works counts towards local authority recycling targets. [142339] Mr. Morley: Mechanical biological treatment [MBT] describes a range of processes with the common purpose of treating residual waste after material recovery, to prepare it for final disposal. Where this results in the recovery of further materials that are sent for recycling or a compost that meets the criteria set for the composting indicator then these outputs will count towards local authority Best Value targets for recycling and composting.

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