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Departmental Recycling

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 20 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years; (172509)

(2) how much and what proportion of its waste his Department and its predecessors recycled in each of the last five years.

In the last five published reports on sustainable operations in Government the Department's headquarters estate reported the following volumes and percentages of recycled waste:

Year

Volume (metric tonnes)

Percentage recycled

2001-02

610.57

34.46

2002-03

284.83

25.13

2003-04

497.93

21.15

2004-05

483.50

21.9

2005-06

1534.55

43.36

The 2005-06 year’s performance met the 40 per cent. of total waste arisings recycling target. The Department's waste recycling performance in 2006-07 will be reported by the Sustainable Development Commission early in the new year.