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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if (a) her Department and (b) the Environment Agency will establish an online database to monitor flows of wastes and other materials through the economy. - Includes ref to Waste Dataflow (www.wastedataflow.org) established by Defra.

Asked by

Richard Ottaway (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Date

21 July 2004

Reference

183229; 424 c261W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support she plans to give to Challenge Fund proposals with regard to waste disposal; and if she will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

23 February 2004

For answer on

11 March 2004

Answered on

11 March 2004

Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what support she plans to give to Challenge Fund proposals with regard to waste disposal; and if she will make a statement. [156388] Mr. Morley: The Waste Implementation Programme (WIP) has been established to help push England's waste management practices up the waste hierarchy, and specifically to divert increasing amounts of waste away from landfill. Properly known as the Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund, the Challenge Fund is managed by WIP and does not provide funding for final disposal facilities. Rather, it provides local authorities with opportunities to pursue schemes that reduce the volume of the household waste stream, and to increase the amount of household waste recycled and composted. From 2005-06, the Challenge Fund will be replaced by a new Waste Management Performance Reward Grant, and Defra is currently consulting on its proposals for the design of this grant. It is recognised that final disposal will remain an important element in local authorities' waste management plans. This need is addressed through the Environmental, Protective and Cultural Services (EPCS) block funding, which covers waste management among other local authority services. In addition, WIP is managing £355 million of waste PFI credits over the three-year period to 2006, providing the necessary investment in large-scale waste management facilities. WIP's New Technologies work stream is also promoting investment in near-market technologies that will encourage more sustainable ways of disposing of waste.

Date

11 March 2004

Reference

418 c1619W;418 c1621W; 156388

House

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

Type

Written questions

Status

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

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who has been appointed as project director of the multi-disciplinary operational task force to help advise local authorities on implementation of recommendation 28 of the Strategy Unit report, Waste Not, Want Not.

Asked by

Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 June 2003

Reference

406 c722W;406 c721-2W; 111257

House

House of Commons

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