Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minutes of Evidence

Supplementary memorandum submitted by the Environmental Services Association (X12a)

  Further to your line of questioning of Elliot Morley MP on the tonnage of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) that needs to be diverted in England by 2010, 2013 and 2020, I thought it would be helpful to send to the committee before our appearance on 15 December, a series of graphs which demonstrate the scale of the challenge. The graphs are based on:

—  29.31 million tonnes of municipal waste produced—as recorded in Defra's Municipal Waste Management Survey 2002-03, the last year for which figures are available;

—  Defra's assumption that the biodegradable content of municipal waste is 68% (specified in the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme Regulations); and

—  Restrictions on the BMW able to be sent landfill in England of 11.2 million tonnes of BMW in 2010, 7.46 million tonnes of BMW in 2013 and 5.22 million tonnes of BMW in 2020 (specified in the Landfill Allowance Trading Regulations).

	LFD Targets (m tonnes)	BMW to be diverted if 0% growth in BMW (m tonnes)	BMW to be diverted if 1% growth in BMW (m tonnes)	BMW to be diverted if 2% growth in BMW (m tonnes)	BMW to be diverted if 3% growth in BMW (m tonnes)
2010	11.2	8.73	10.17	11.69	13.31
2013	7.46	12.47	14.56	16.83	19.32
2020	5.22	14.71	18.38	22.69	27.72

Figure 2

BMW TO BE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILL IF GROWTH IN BMW IS ASSUMED TO BE 0% PER ANNUM

	LFD Targets (million tonnes)	Total MSW (million tonnes)	Total BMW (million tonnes)	BMW to be diverted
2010	11.2	29.31	19.93	8.73
2013	7.46	29.31	19.93	12.47
2020	5.22	29.31	19.93	14.71

Figure 3

BMW TO BE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILL IF GROWTH IN BMW IS ASSUMED TO BE 1% PER ANNUM

	LFD Targets (million tonnes)	Total MSW (million tonnes)	Total BMW (million tonnes)	BMW to be diverted
2010	11.2	31.42	21.37	10.17
2013	7.46	32.38	22.02	14.56
2020	5.22	34.71	23.60	18.38

Figure 4

BMW TO BE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILL IF GROWTH IN BMW IS ASSUMED TO BE 2% PER ANNUM

	LFD Targets (million tonnes)	Total MSW (million tonnes)	Total BMW (million tonnes)	BMW to be diverted
2010	11.2	33.67	22.89	11.69
2013	7.46	35.73	24.29	16.83
2020	5.22	41.04	27.91	22.69

Figure 5

BMW TO BE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILL IF GROWTH IN BMW IS ASSUMED TO BE 3% PER ANNUM

	LFD Targets (million tonnes)	Total MSW (million tonnes)	Total BMW (million tonnes)	BMW to be diverted
2010	11.2	36.05	24.51	13.31
2013	7.46	39.39	26.78	19.32
2020	5.22	48.44	32.94	27.72
13 December 2004

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Prepared 17 March 2005