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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities have sufficient funds to promote home-based waste separation for recycling. - Including figures. (Holding answer 23 March 2004).

Asked by

Jim Cunningham (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

18 March 2004

For answer on

29 March 2004

Answered on

29 March 2004

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what action her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities have sufficient funds to promote home-based waste separation for recycling. [163153] Mr. Morley: [holding answer 23 March 2004]: Local authority waste management services are funded through the Environmental, Protective and Cultural Services (EPCS) block. Spending Review 2002 increased provision by £671 million over the three years to 2005-06 and we will again be considering the quantum of funding as part of Spending Review 2004. In addition, on 6 January I announced that Defra will be distributing a share of a £20 million grant to all local authorities in England to address the pressure each faces to invest in waste management services in 2004-05. Within Defra we have also established the Waste Implementation Programme (WIP), investing in strategic measures to help authorities to divert waste from landfill. Through the Waste Minimisation and Recycling (`Challenge') Fund, WIP provides funds for local authorities to implement projects that improve recycling infrastructure in their area. Many of these projects improve the design and coverage of kerbside recycling schemes, including household separation. In 2003-04 the Challenge Fund has distributed £62.5 million to 14 big-ticket `partnership' projects, and £43.3 million to 51 smaller projects. WIP has made £30 million available to the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) for communications and awareness work directly focused on increasing participation in recycling and waste minimisation initiatives. A significant proportion has been allocated to a new fund, targeted at communications projects delivered at local level, primarily by local authorities, including: £1.7 million recently allocated to support the continuation or expansion of existing local communications schemes; £8.5 million to communications programmes directly supporting new recycling infrastructure funded by WIP under the Challenge fund; £8.5 million to fund other communications activity delivered at local or regional level through WRAP'S Performance Improvement Through Communications Initiative. WRAP also operate a free advisory service available to local authorities that need to implement and improve kerbside collection systems.

Date

29 March 2004

Reference

419 c1205-6W;419 c1207-8W; 163153

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House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the steps she is taking to promote composting. - Including figures.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

3 December 2003

For answer on

9 December 2003

Answered on

9 December 2003

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the steps she is taking to promote composting. [142343] Mr. Morley: Defra has set up the Waste Implementation Programme (WIP) to help local authorities meet their targets for reducing the landfilling of biodegradable municipal waste under the Landfill Directive. One of WIP's programmes being taken forward by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is to promote kerbside recycling and composting best practice in local authorities. This sub-programme has two components: 1. A Recycling and Organics Technical Advisory Team (ROTATE) which will provide technical advice to local authorities needing to implement and improve kerbside recycling, with an emphasis on organics collections systems. This is supported by £14.9 million over the next three years. 2. An Organics Materials Programme which provides material- specific support and investment to the growing composting sector. It aims to develop markets in compost, with headline targets of increasing the market share of compost in the landscaping and horticultural markets by 35 per cent. and 30 per cent. respectively, by end 2006. This is supported by £12.2 million over the next three years. These targets will be achieved through a range of activities including: development of compost standards; business development initiative for emerging compost companies; marketing and product development targeted at the landscaping and horticultural sectors. Defra also provides £272,000 over three years to the Composting Association to raise awareness and increase the understanding of composting and uses of compost. In addition, Defra's Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund has supported composting schemes run by local authorities. In 2003-04, 21 green waste-only kerbside schemes and five composting site developments received funding.

Date

9 December 2003

Reference

415 c375W; 142343

House

House of Commons

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