Written question asked by Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green Party) on Monday, 28 October 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 November 2019. It was answered by Lord Duncan of Springbank (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 November 2019 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Incinerators: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what amount of greenhouse gases the UK produced from incineration, including through waste to energy incinerators, in 2016.
- Answer
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Statistics on UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by source sector are published annually by the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) and are available on the NAEI website.
In 2016, approximately 5.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent GHG emissions were emitted from incineration in the waste and energy supply sectors in the UK. Of this, 4.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent GHG emissions were emitted in the energy supply sector. Emissions from biogenic waste material are not included, consistent with domestic and international reporting of GHG emissions.
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- HL460
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- 2019-19
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- Incinerators Greenhouse gas emissions
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