Landfill
(asked on 21st March 2025) - 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 proportion of waste is sent to landfill (a) in West Dorset constituency and (b) nationally.
Answered by
Mary Creagh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 28th March 2025
In 2022 there was 41.3 million tonnes (21.4%) of waste sent to landfill in England. This is the latest publicly available information and is published on gov.uk (UK statistics on waste - GOV.UK). Defra does not hold data on total waste sent to landfill in West Dorset.