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Departmental Recycling

Volume 469: debated on Tuesday 11 December 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years. (172515)

The Treasury’s performance currently exceeds the government’s target of recycling 40 per cent. of waste by 2010 as shown in the figures in the table.

Volume (metric tonnes)

Percentage recycled

2002-03

61.34

25.59

2003-04

176.86

51.56

2004-05

204.10

54.62

2005-06

197.46

45.86

2006-07

189.47

43.10