Construction: Waste
(asked on 12th November 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support industry to reduce waste generated in the construction industry.
Answered by
Mary Creagh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The 9 English Water and Sewerage Companies (WaSCs) submit data to the Environment Agency on the total quantity of sludge sent to different outlets to meet the European reporting requirements. The total sludge sent to the agriculture outlet over the last 10 years is shown in the table below.
Year | Total sludge to agriculture – England only (tonnes dry solids) |
2014 | 716,928 |
2015 | 696,355 |
2016 | 750,049 |
2017 | 726,063 |
2018 | 752,992 |
2019 | 698,597 |
2020 | 761,246 |
2021 | 759,578 |
2022 | 766,630 |
2023 | 764,810 |