Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the amount of CO2e that is emitted for every tonne of waste that is incinerated.

According to the latest Conversion Factors for Company Reporting, published in August 2017, the conversion factor of incineration of any waste material is 21.8 kg CO2e per tonne. Therefore each tonne of waste that is incinerated will release 21.8 kg CO2e of emissions.

Source: Conversion Factors 2017, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/635632/Conversion_factors_2017_-_Condensed_set__for_most_users__v02-00.xls