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Refuse Collection

If the Department has made a study of it, I have not got the information. I will write to the hon. Gentleman. I was not thinking so much about anaerobic digestion, but more about conventional incineration and, of course, combined heat and power, which is a very positive technology that we see a great deal of on the continent. Let me look at the other questions that I want to respond to. The hon. Member for Beckenham referred to a freedom of information request that had been successful on a consultation that I understood her to say was on alternate weekly collections. We have not done a consultation on AWC that has been subject to an FOI, so I am not sure how she was able to substantiate her claim that there has been a huge increase in fly-tipping. The AWC collections were around long before there was a documented increase in fly- tipping, which I acknowledge that there has been. Our view in relation to fly-tipping, like all crimes for which there is a requirement to report—Flycapture, which collects the data, is very new—is that we will see an increase. We have also seen much more activity by local government in tackling fly-tipping and in taking forward prosecutions.