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Ingram Works, Leeds
Mr. Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many breach of condition notices the Environment Agency has served on the waste disposal and landfill site operated by Harry Sanders Ltd at Ingram Works in Leeds in each year since the Environment Agency was established. [116204]
Mr. Morley: The Environment Agency has served no such notices on the site operated by Harry Sanders Ltd.
Mr. Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the distance is between the waste disposal and landfill site operated by Harry Sanders Ltd. at Ingram Works in Leeds and the closest domestic property. [116326]
Mr. Morley: The boundary of the waste transfer station referred to in this question is 60 metres from the nearest residential property (the actual waste transfer station building is 110 metres from the nearest residential property).
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It is unclear from the question whether the landfill referred to is that covered by Waste Management Licence 113, as issued to Mr. P. H. Sanders, or the adjacent registered Paragraph 19 exemption site. In the former case, the distance to the nearest residential property is 60 metres. In the latter case, the distance to the nearest residential property is 25 metres.
Mr. Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the operator pollution risk appraisal score of the waste disposal and landfill site operated by Harry Sanders Ltd at Ingram Works in Leeds was in each year since 1990; and if she will make a statement. [116330]
Mr. Morley: OPRA scoring has been introduced relatively recently and so data is only available from 1999 until the present day.
The OPRA score for any one year is an aggregate of the site score (calculated with respect to the relative sensitivity of the site location and the nature of the waste handling activity being conducted at the site) plus the number of scores allocated to the operator throughout the year for recorded non-compliance with licence conditions.
The waste transfer station has a site score of 37. One addition five in 2002. To date, one additional point has been scored for non-compliance in 2003.
The landfill referred to (Waste Management Licence 113, as issued to Mr. P. H. Sanders) has a site score of 18. Nine additional points were added for non-compliance in 1999, one in 2000, one in 2001, and none in 2002. To date, no scores have been allocated for non-compliance in 2003.
Ink and Toner Cartridges
Mr. Truswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what benefits she has identified for (a) the environment and (b) employment and business arising from the recycling of ink and toner cartridges; [117190]
- (2) what representations she has received regarding the future recycling of ink and toner cartridges; and what steps she is taking to ensure continuation of this practice. [117192]
Mr. Morley: The UK imports 10 million toner and 30 million inkjet cartridges each year, which produce about 20,000 tonnes of waste at the end of their life. The industry estimate that, at present, some 30 per cent. to 40 per cent. equivalent to 6–8,000 tonnes, of these are collected and reused or recycled. Businesses and individuals purchasing refurbished toner cartridges, rather than paying original product prices, save a total of more than £200 million per year.
According to the industry, in the UK there are over 100 companies that remanufacture ink and toner cartridges for reuse, employing over 2,000 people. These are supported by over 20 component manufacturers and suppliers. Altogether, the industry has a turnover of over £150 million per annum.
I understand that the industry is concerned that original equipment manufacturers are using anti-recycling devices in order to make the refurbishment of
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printer cartridges more difficult. The whole issue of eco-design will be addressed in the context of two upcoming initiatives from the European Commission, the forthcoming proposal for a framework directive on the Eco-design of Energy-Using Products (EuP) and a Communication on Integrated Product Policy (IPP).
Landfill
Mr. Robert Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list waste sites, with their addresses, which have submitted hazardous waste landfill conditioning plans to the Environment Agency. [111796]
Mr. Morley: A list of all those landfill operators who have submitted a conditioning plan to the Environment Agency for hazardous waste sites, broken down by region and including addresses of the sites, has been published on the Agency website at: www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if she will list the landfill sites that have expressed an interest in receiving (a) hazardous and (b) non-hazardous waste in the last two years; and if she will make a statement; [119696]
- (2) what estimate she has made of the number of landfill sites receiving hazardous waste that will be in operation when the Landfill Directive comes into operation; [119697]
(3) if she will list landfill sites in England. [119698]
Mr. Morley: The Landfill Directive was agreed by the Council of Ministers in April 1999 and came into force in July 2001. The main requirements of the Directive were implemented in England and Wales by the Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002.
The number of landfills, taken from the Environment Agency's July 2002 conditioning plan exercise—covering England and Wales, is as follows:
| Region | Non-hazardous | Inert | Hazardous (post 2002) | Hazardous (post 2004) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglian | 43 | 60 | 47 | 9 |
| Midlands | 50 | 74 | 42 | 4 |
| North East | 89 | 58 | 39 | 11 |
| North West | 49 | 37 | 27 | 8 |
| South West | 39 | 46 | 16 | 1 |
| Southern | 30 | 35 | 13 | 1 |
| Thames | 31 | 49 | 19 | 0 |
| Wales | 23 | 30 | 15 | 3 |
| Total | 311 | 329 | 218 | 37 |
Details on these landfill sites are available on the Environment Agency website (www.Environment-Agency.gov.uk).
Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether money received by environmental organisations from the Rump Fund, designed to ease the transition between the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme and any successor scheme, will be classified as public or private finance when used to bid for further funding from other sources. [105757]
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Mr. Morley: As indicated in the Economic Secretary to the Treasury's written statement to Parliament on 3 February 2003, the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme (LTCS) Legacy Fund is a public expenditure scheme funded by Defra. Its aim is to replace LTCS funding for eligible projects for 2003–04 which had been agreed prior to the announcement in November 2002 that the LTCS would be reformed. It should have no affect, therefore, on funding packages put together for those projects.
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 2 April 2003, Official Report, column 765–66W, (1) by whom administrative support is being provided for this panel; and how much has been budgeted for this support; [113232]
- (2) what the different elements in society represented by the panel are; [113233]
(3) whether members of the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme Sustainable Waste Management Legacy Fund Independent Assessment Panel are paid from her Department's budget; how much has been provided for this expense; and whether the £350 honorarium is on a per diem basis per panel member. [113231]
Mr. Morley [holding answer 13 May 2003]: Administrative support for the independent panel assessing applications under the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme Sustainable Waste Management Legacy Fund is being provided by ENTRUST. The cost of this service is included in the fee that ENTRUST receives to administer the fund which comprises 2 per cent. of whatever funds are distributed.
The three panel members are representative of women, ethnic minorities, charted institutes, academia, industry and the self employed.
The one off honorarium paid to each panel member will be a minute fraction of the total budget (£54 million) set aside by Defra to meet the cost of the scheme. The honorarium that each panel member is to receive has been increased to £1,000 to take account of the additional time taken by panel members to ensure that the decisions taken on the eligibility of applications are fair and reasonable.
Mr. Bill O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make it her policy to find a mechanism for distributing funds formerly flowing through the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme categories C and CC that will classify them as private rather than public sector in order to allow leverage of further funding from other sources. [106460]
Mr. Morley: The new public expenditure programme on sustainable waste management, which is being funded from the cessation of categories C and CC of the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme, will be used in England to support action to help households reduce the amount of waste they produce, increase access to doorstep collection of materials for recycling, promote the development of new and viable waste management technologies and provide local authorities with the support they need to deliver best practice.
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Details of the delivery programme including the type of financial assistance being provided for these activities will be announced next month. While we expect some parts of the programme to draw in funding from other sources, this will not be appropriate for all activities.
The aim of the new programme is, however, to provide highly targeted and thus effective funding to improve performance on sustainable waste management.
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