To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total volume of (a) domestic, (b) commercial and (c) other waste was in each region in each year since 2000 and projected to 2005, broken down by the proportion of waste (i) sent to landfill, (ii) incinerated and (iii) disposed of by other means. [99234]
The available information is shown in the tables below. The latest available data for municipal waste are from the 2000/01 Municipal Waste Management Survey, by Defra and the National Assembly for Wales. In 2000–01 some 89 per cent of all municipal waste was domestic (household) waste. The latest available data for commercial and industrial waste are taken from the Environment Agency's National Waste Production Survey for 1999. Projections are not available.
Municipal waste 2000–01
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Government Region
| Municipal waste (000 tonnes)
| Landfill disposal (percentage)
| Incineration (percentage)
| Other methods (percentage)
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| West Midlands | 2,895 | 58 | 31 | 10 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 2,959 | 85 | 3 | 12 |
| Total: | 2,959 | 79 | 8 | 13 |
Commercial Waste 2000–01
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Government Region
| Commercial waste 2000–01 (000 tonnes)
| Landfill disposal (percentage)
| Incineration (percentage)
| Other methods (percentage)
|
| East Midlands | 1,787 | 49 | 5 | 46 |
| East of England | 2,487 | 63 | 1 | 36 |
| London | 4,350 | 56 | 1 | 43 |
| North East | 996 | 45 | 8 | 47 |
| North West | 3,104 | 57 | 1 | 42 |
| South East | 4,043 | 56 | 1 | 43 |
| South West | 2,322 | 52 | 1 | 48 |
| Wales | 1,141 | 68 | 0 | 32 |
| West Midlands | 2,340 | 45 | 9 | 46 |
| Yorkshire & the Humber | 2,231 | 48 | 3 | 49 |
| Total: | 24,802 | 54 | 3 | 43 |
Industrial Waste 1999
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Government Region
| Industrial waste (000 tonnes)
| Landfill disposal (percentage)
| Incineration (percentage)
| Other methods (percentage)
|
| East Midlands | 5,919 | 49 | 2 | 49 |
| East of England | 3,652 | 46 | 2 | 52 |
| London | 2,740 | 40 | 4 | 56 |
| North East | 3,761 | 46 | 2 | 51 |
| North West | 6,475 | 45 | 1 | 54 |
| South East | 4,958 | 46 | 1 | 53 |
| South West | 2,914 | 40 | 3 | 57 |
| Wales | 4,989 | 33 | 1 | 66 |
| West Midlands | 5,219 | 41 | 4 | 55 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 9,465 | 37 | 1 | 62 |
| Total: | 50,090 | 42 | 2 | 56 |
Notes: