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Written question asked by Lord Berkeley (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 June 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 12 July 2016. It was answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative) on Monday, 11 July 2016 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Thames Tideway Tunnel

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Thames Tideway Tunnel project will send clean excavated materials to landfill permit sites as a waste or to be beneficially reused as a material or product as recovery in accordance with its commitment to reduce waste to landfill in the development consent order.

Answer

Tideway, the infrastructure provider set up to finance and deliver the Thames Tideway Tunnel, has been assessing several sites identified through the Development Consent Order (DCO) process to receive the tunnel excavated material.

Amongst other things this assessment looks at maximising the beneficial use of excavated material and its transport by river to meet environmental commitments made under the DCO. The relevant site operators have already made a number of applications to the Environment Agency (EA). The type of permit these sites require will be assessed by the EA in line with its guidance. This guidance is currently being revised following a recent Court of Appeal judgment which in some cases may lead to the reclassification of some waste activities as disposal rather than recovery. It is possible for appropriate disposal to deliver beneficial use such as habitat creation.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL825
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Construction Excavation Waste management Thames tideway tunnel Development consent orders
Link
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