Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the environmental impact of Network Rail’s treatment of timber waste.

Network Rail is achieving high rates of reuse and recycling across all waste types. Timber sleepers are graded and either reused on the railway, sold on for reuse, or disposed of for recovery. Pallets are reused where possible or disposed of for recycling or recovery along with other wood waste such as fence posts.