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Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many in-vessel composting facilities are operating in each local authority area. (263088)

The following table indicates the number of in-vessel and windrow composting sites that are licensed in each district in each Environment Agency region. Where there are n/a entries, this indicates that the site is currently in the process of surrendering its permit.

Prior to standard permits being introduced, the Environment Agency’s permit recording system did not distinguish between in-vessel and windrow composting and it would therefore incur disproportionate cost to collate figures for in-vessel alone.

Agency area

District

Total

Anglian: Central Area

Aylesbury Vale

1

Bedford

2

Breckland

1

East Cambridgeshire

1

Forest Heath

1

Huntingdonshire

3

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk

1

Milton Keynes

1

South Bedfordshire

2

South Cambridgeshire

1

South Northamptonshire

1

St. Edmundsbury

2

n/a

3

Anglian: Central Area total

20

Anglian: Eastern Area

Basildon

1

Broadland

2

Chelmsford

1

Colchester

1

Ipswich

1

Maldon

1

North Norfolk

1

Rochford

1

South Norfolk

2

Suffolk Coastal

2

Waveney

1

n/a

1

Anglian: Eastern Area total

15

Anglian: Northern Area

Daventry

3

East Lindsey

1

East Northamptonshire

1

Harborough

1

North East Lincolnshire

1

North Lincolnshire

2

Peterborough

1

South Holland

2

South Kesteven

2

Wellingborough

1

West Lindsey

1

Anglian: Northern Area total

16

Midlands: Lower Severn

Bridgnorth

1

Forest of Dean

2

North Shropshire

1

Powys

1

Shrewsbury and Atcham

1

Stroud

2

Telford and Wrekin

1

n/a

1

Midlands: Lower Severn total

10

Midlands: Lower Trent

Doncaster

2

Erewash

1

Newark and Sherwood

1

North Kesteven

2

North Lincolnshire

1

North West Leicestershire

1

Rotherham

1

Rushcliffe

1

South Derbyshire

2

n/a

1

Midlands: Lower Trent total

13

Midlands: Upper Trent

Birmingham

3

Derbyshire Dales

1

Hinckley and Bosworth

1

Lichfield

1

Newcastle-under-Lyme

1

North Warwickshire

1

Rugby

1

Solihull

1

South Staffordshire

3

Stafford

3

Stratford-on-Avon

1

Midlands: Upper Trent total

17

North East: Dales

East Riding of Yorkshire

2

Leeds

1

Richmondshire

1

Scarborough

1

Sedgefield

1

Stockton-on-Tees

1

North East: Dales total

7

North East: Northumbria

Durham

1

Newcastle upon Tyne

1

South Tyneside

1

Tynedale

1

Wansbeck

2

n/a

3

North East: Northumbria total

9

North East: Ridings

Calderdale

1

East Riding of Yorkshire

1

Leeds

1

Sheffield

1

Wakefield

1

North East: Ridings total

5

North West: Central

Knowsley

1

Preston

2

Sefton

2

South Ribble

1

North West: Central total

6

North West: Northern

Carlisle

2

Eden

1

North West: Northern total

3

North West: Southern

Chester

2

Congleton

2

Crewe and Nantwich

2

Halton

1

Knowsley

2

Manchester

2

St. Helens

1

Vale Royal

1

North West: Southern total

13

South West: Cornwall

North Cornwall

1

Penwith

1

South West: Cornwall total

2

South West: Devon

East Devon

1

Mid Devon

1

South Hams

1

Teignbridge

1

Torridge

1

n/a

1

South West: Devon total

6

South West: North Wessex

Bath and North East Somerset

1

North Wiltshire

1

Sedgemoor

1

South Somerset

1

n/a

1

South West: North Wessex total

5

South West: South Wessex

Bournemouth

1

Christchurch

1

North Dorset

1

Weymouth and Portland

1

n/a

1

South West: South Wessex total

5

Southern: Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Arun

1

Basingstoke and Deane

4

Chichester

2

Fareham

1

Havant

1

Isle of Wight

2

Mid Sussex

1

Salisbury

1

Test Valley

1

n/a

2

Southern: Hampshire and Isle of Wight total

16

Southern: Kent

Canterbury

1

Lewes

1

Sevenoaks

2

Shepway

1

Swale

2

Tonbridge and Malling

1

Wealden

1

Southern: Kent total

9

Southern: Sussex

n/a

1

Southern: Sussex total

1

Thames: North East

Brentwood

1

Enfield

1

Epping Forest

1

Havering

1

Hertsmere

1

Hillingdon

3

Newham

1

North Hertfordshire

2

St. Albans

1

n/a

3

Thames: North East total

15

Thames: South East

Bracknell Forest

1

Croydon

1

n/a

3

Thames: South East total

5

Thames: West

Cherwell

1

Cotswold

2

South Oxfordshire

1

Vale of White Horse

1

West Berkshire

1

West Oxfordshire

1

Wycombe

2

Thames: West total

9

Wales: Buckley

Gwynedd

2

Isle of Anglesey

1

n/a

1

Wales: Buckley total

4

Wales: Cardiff

Cardiff

1

Herefordshire, County of

1

Monmouthshire

1

n/a

1

Wales: Cardiff total

4

Wales: Swansea

Carmarthenshire

2

Wales: Swansea total

2

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on the incorporation of composting into their household waste management strategies; and if he will make a statement. (263907)

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has not had any recent discussions with local authorities on the incorporation of composting into their household waste management strategies.

Composting is one approach for diverting biodegradable material from landfill and local authorities already consider this as part of their management of household waste. This contributes to the good progress being made towards the target set in England's Waste Strategy 2007 to recycle or compost 50 per cent. of household waste by 2020, with annual figures up to the first quarter of 2008-09 showing 35 per cent. of household waste being recycled or composted.