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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Sue Doughty: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of municipal waste was (a) composted, (b) recycled and (c) sent to incineration facilities in (i) 2000-2001, (ii) 2001-02 and (iii) 2002-03; and what the equivalent figures were for (A) France, (B) Denmark, (C) the Netherlands, (D) Germany and (E) Austria. [206827] Mr. Morley: The available data are shown as follows. Municipal waste _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of municipal waste sent for: Composting Recycling Incineration 2000-01 United Kingdom 3 8 7 France 11 11 32 Denmark 16 22 53 Netherlands 24 22 31 Germany 15 27 22 Austria 39 24 10 2001-02 United Kingdom 3 8 7 France 13 12 32 Denmark 14 18 60 Netherlands 23 22 33 Germany 15 27 22 Austria n/a n/a n/a 2002-03 United Kingdom 4 11 8 France n/a n/a n/a Denmark 15 19 58 Netherlands 24 21 32 Germany n/a n/a n/a Austria n/a n/a n/a _________________________________________________________________________________________________. n/a = Not available. Note: Waste statistics on EU countries are from the Eurostat website which can be accessed through http://europa.eu.int.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

206827; 429 c946-7W;429 c950-1W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Austria Compost Germany Domestic waste France Incinerators Recycling Waste management Waste disposal Netherlands Denmark

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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