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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to make waste minimisation and recycling mandatory for the commercial sectors to achieve a reduction in overall commercial waste levels. - Includes figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to make waste minimisation and recycling mandatory for the commercial sectors to achieve a reduction in overall commercial waste levels. - Includes figures.
Asked by
Jonathan Sayeed
(Conservative)
Answered by
Michael Meacher
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 May 2003
For answer on
10 June 2003
Answered on
10 June 2003
Mr. Sayeed: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans her Department has to make waste
minimisation and recycling mandatory for the commercial sectors to achieve a reduction in overall commercial waste levels.
[115940]
Mr. Meacher: The Department has no plans to make waste minimisation or recycling mandatory for the commercial sectors. However,
there are already a number of mechanisms in place that are designed to achieve an overall reduction in commercial waste levels.
The Government has set a target to reduce, by 2005-06, the amount of commercial and industrial waste going to landfill to 85 per
cent. of 1998 levels. Current estimates suggest that we are on course to meet this target.
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 (as amended) set targets for the recovery and recycling
of packaging waste and provide incentives to minimise the amount of packaging handled. Between 1999 and 2002, the amount of
packaging waste sent to landfill fell from 5.7 to 4.4 million tonnes, although the 2002 figure is still provisional at this stage.
The Government will additionally be setting targets for the recovery and recycling of electrical equipment.
The Government has entered into a voluntary agreement with the newspaper industry, which has seen recycled content of newspapers
increase to well over the target of 60 per cent. last year. The Government is looking to enter into more agreements of this kind.
Envirowise, is a Government funded business support programme dedicated to making businesses more resource efficient, saving money
by minimising waste. Last year alone, Envirowise helped UK businesses to achieve annual cost savings of over £175 million, with a
reduction of 1.6 million tonnes of solid waste. It also funds the Sustainable Technologies Initiative that provides funding for
research and development projects aimed at minimising waste at source.
Finally, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is helping to create stable and efficient markets for recycled materials
and products, and remove the barriers to waste minimisation, re-use and recycling. This should help to make all recycling more
commercially viable, including that which is produced by the commercial sector.
Subjects
Finance; Landfill; Electronic equipment; Newspaper press; Recycling; Packaging; Standards; Waste management; Research; Waste disposal; Industrial waste; WRAP; Envirowise; Sustainable technologies initiative
Date
10 June 2003
Reference
115940; 406 c730W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, What steps he is taking to support policies on environmental sustainability for manufacturing industry. - Including figures. (Failed OPQ).
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, What steps he is taking to support policies on environmental sustainability for manufacturing industry. - Including figures. (Failed OPQ).
Asked by
Helen Jackson
(Labour)
Answered by
John Battle
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 April 1999
For answer on
6 May 1999
Answered on
6 May 1999
Helen Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to support policies on environmental
sustainability for manufacturing industry. [82380]
Mr. Battle: The Government are determined to help business meet the challenge and seize the opportunities of sustainability. In just
the last month, I have announced new funding of around £8 million for a new Sustainable Technologies Initiative, £12 million to kick
start a £60 million high tech drive to develop cleaner coal technologies, and the latest phase of the Foresight Vehicle programme
which is supporting over £25 million of innovative research to develop the technologies needed for the next generation of more
sustainable vehicles.
Subjects
Environment protection; Manufacturing industries; Sustainable development; Sustainable technologies initiative
Date
6 May 1999
Reference
330 c443-4W;330 c437-8W; 82380
House
House of Commons