Incinerators: Recycling
(asked on 15th January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government how much recyclable waste was incinerated in 2023.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 10th February 2025
A total of 18 million tonnes of waste was incinerated in 2023 in England (Source: Waste Management Summary for England for 2023). This compares with 17.2 million tonnes in 2022. Information on how much of this was recyclable is not held.