Oils: Waste

John Thurso
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what volume of waste oils was transhipped as waste for processing outside the UK in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

Dan Norris
The Environment Agency is responsible for recording the transfrontier shipment of waste oils for England and Wales. The following table sets out the quantities of waste oils exported from England and Wales from 2001 to 2008.

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|    |Tonnes|
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|2001|0     |
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|2002|0     |
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|2003|1,981 |
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|2004|9,015 |
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|2005|20    |
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|2006|0     |
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|2007|7,705 |
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|2008|9,298 |
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These data are reported to the secretariat of the Basel convention.