Landfill Tim Farron To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many landfill sites in each region are expected to close in each year until 2020; and what the combined area of those sites is. Dan Norris The Environment Agency does not require landfill operators to specify in what year they will close their site. This depends on the rate of infilling, among other factors. As such I am unable to provide a prediction of the number of sites that will close year on year in the period 2009-20. Tim Farron To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many landfill sites there were in each region of England in each year since 1997; and what the combined area of the sites was in each of those years. Dan Norris The Environment Agency has published the number of permitted operational landfill sites for the period 2005 to 2007 on its website. Prior to 2005, data on the number of landfill sites was included in the Environment Agency’s ‘Strategic Waste Management Information for England and Wales’. The following table provides a summary of the published data. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Region |WML |WML |WML |PPC |WML |PPC|WML |PPC|PPC| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |East of England |— |— |275 |116 |162 |51 |201 |65 |62 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |East Midlands |— |— |275 |127 |131 |50 |208 |55 |65 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |London |— |— |43 |10 |12 |6 |30 |5 |7 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |North East |— |— |371 |46 |95 |21 |120 |26 |28 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |North West |— |— |306 |88 |174 |30 |219 |38 |52 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |South East |— |— |435 |158 |172 |60 |293 |59 |83 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |South West |— |— |400 |137 |220 |35 |263 |46 |57 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Wales |— |162 |n/a |66 |73 |25 |160 |29 |34 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |West Midlands |— |— |269 |60 |131 |24 |164 |30 |43 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Yorkshire and Humberside |— |— |520 |201' |245 |38 |307 |43 |70 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |England and Wales |1,485|2,151|2,894|1,009|1,415|340|1,965|396|501| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Note:WML is an abbreviation for “Waste Management Licence” and PPC for “Pollution Prevention and Control”.| | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In 1997 all landfill sites required a WML. From 2001 to 2007 all site operators had to apply for a PPC permit, replacing the WML. The number of permitted landfill sites for 2008 is currently being validated and should be published in the autumn of 2009. We do not hold information on the combined area of landfill sites. Tim Farron To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much hazardous waste was sent to landfill sites in each region in each year since 1997. Dan Norris The following tables show the amount of hazardous waste sent to landfill in each year where accurate information is available. A new hazardous waste management system and database was introduced in July 2005 to coincide with the introduction of the new Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) regulations 2005. Changes in the way hazardous waste was classified and how data was collected caused inconstancies in data for 2005 and it was therefore not published. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |East Midlands|East of England|London |North East|North West|South East| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998-99|198,620.02 |— |17,567.05|126,745.13|269,888.51|250,708.77| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |140,493.62 |487,629.71 |29,463.20|113,682.67|324,279.74|245,221.40| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |216,198.35 |614,982.91 |55,484.53|140,831.32|205,831.18|333,314.33| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |150,701.20 |582,250.52 |20,509.22|79,381.46 |255,360.38|193,601.90| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |269,808.57 |282,875.62 |4,049.57 |84,253.59 |256,779.55|148,236.32| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |433,513.61 |278,377.14 |83.83 |104,371.63|392,307.95|192,220.67| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |No data |No data |No data |No data |No data |No data | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |125,811.23 |65,719.19 |40,826.66|195,970.24|101,404.25|54,709.71 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |154,949.14 |68,877.55 |50,071.87|132,187.43|116,644.22|62,800.07 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |South West|Wales |West Midlands|Yorkshire and the Humber|Total | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998-99 |139,349.15|232,640.53|199,007.60 |264,624.02 |1,699,150.77| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000 |128,977.11|134,590.44|161,892.50 |274,992.14 |2,041,222.53| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |149,144.82|146,453.40|174,295.26 |270,436.48 |2,306,972.58| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |165,283.90|85,611.96 |206,433.08 |247,253.50 |1,986,387.12| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |138,142.55|106,998.17|285,770.95 |223,990.37 |1,800,905.26| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |118,783.68|230,123.31|228,686.41 |315,701.47 |2,294,169.70| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |No data |No data |No data |No data |0.00 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |136,283.01|3,009.38 |42,561.23 |107,604.78 |873,899.69 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |133,247.32|662.85 |54,074.70 |75,706.63 |849,221.79 | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Source:Environment Agency| | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In 1997 all landfill sites required a waste management licence. From 2001 to 2007 all site operators had to apply for a pollution prevention and control permit, replacing the WML. The number of permitted landfill sites for 2008 is currently being validated and should be published in the autumn of 2009. We do not hold information on the combined area of landfill sites. Miss McIntosh To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to which (a) organisations and (b) purposes revenue from fines due to breaches in landfill targets will be allocated. Dan Norris The Waste and Emissions Trading (WET) Act provides for a fine to be imposed on a waste disposal authority for each additional tonne of biodegradable municipal waste that it sends to landfill above the number of allowances the authority holds under the landfill allowance trading scheme in a particular scheme year. During the passage of the WET Act through Parliament, there was discussion about the destination of penalties. It was agreed that funds raised from penalties would be returned to all local authorities, including waste collection authorities, but would not be ring fenced to waste management options. It would therefore be for a local authority to decide for what purpose any returned funds were used.