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1177665

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Incinerators: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of fires being reported at waste incinerator sites since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of trends in the number of fires being reported at waste incinerator sites since 2015.</p><p> </p><p>In England all incinerators that are regulated by the Environment Agency (such as energy from waste plants that burn municipal waste) are required to have a management system which identifies and minimises the risk of pollution due to accidents, which will include fires. All new incinerators must also have an approved fire prevention plan before they are allowed to start operating.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 643 question first answered 19/02/2020 15:26:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1177667

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Incinerators: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to help prevent the occurrence of fire incidents at waste incinerator sites.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of trends in the number of fires being reported at waste incinerator sites since 2015.</p><p> </p><p>In England all incinerators that are regulated by the Environment Agency (such as energy from waste plants that burn municipal waste) are required to have a management system which identifies and minimises the risk of pollution due to accidents, which will include fires. All new incinerators must also have an approved fire prevention plan before they are allowed to start operating.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 641 question first answered 19/02/2020 15:26:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1177669

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Waste Disposal: Environment Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what comparative assessment she has made of the environmental effects of mechanical biological treatment waste processes and waste incineration processes.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>Defra has not made such an assessment. Residual waste should be treated in accordance with the waste hierarchy.</p><p> </p><p>To assist decision makers, the department published information on the mechanical biological treatment of waste in 2013. This can be found on the GOV.UK website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mechanical-biological-treatment-of-municipal-solid-waste" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/mechanical-biological-treatment-of-municipal-solid-waste</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on energy from waste (incineration with energy recovery) was published in 2014 at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-from-waste-a-guide-to-the-debate" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-from-waste-a-guide-to-the-debate</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/02/2020 15:14:25 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1177671

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Air Pollution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of air pollution in (a) the UK and (b) Carshalton and Wallington constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>Air quality is generally improving in the UK, as set out in the annual National Statistics report at the following URL: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There are 171 automatic national monitoring stations producing hourly air quality measurements in the UK operated by the Environment Agency on behalf of Defra. Near real-time measurements from these sites and further data tools can be found on the UK-AIR website (<a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk</a>).</p><p> </p><p>There are no automatic national monitoring stations in Carshalton and Wallington constituency. However, the London Borough of Sutton also assesses air quality using three automatic monitors within the constituency boundary: two are industrial monitoring stations at Beddington Lane, and the other site is a roadside site in central Wallington. Near real-time measurements from these sites can be found on the London Air website which is managed by King’s College London (<a href="http://londonair.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://londonair.org.uk</a>). Air quality is improving at all three sites, with only the Wallington site providing an exceedance of the annual mean limit value for nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) in 2019 (based on provisional data).</p><p> </p><p>The Borough also uses 15 passive monitors to measure NO<sub>2</sub> within the constituency boundaries; measurements are made available through Annual Status Reports (<a href="https://www.sutton.gov.uk/info/200497/pollution/1232/air_pollution/3" target="_blank">https://www.sutton.gov.uk/info/200497/pollution/1232/air_pollution/3</a>). Only two exceedances of the annual mean limit value for NO<sub>2</sub> were observed in 2018 (at Rosehill Roundabout and London Road, Hackbridge) with levels at most sites either showing a lower or similar value compared with 2017 levels.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/02/2020 15:29:22 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1177672

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Viridor
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of air pollutants generated by the Viridor energy recovery facility incinerator on Beddington Lane in South London.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) regulates the Energy Recovery Facility (Erf) in Beddington Lane, Sutton through an Environmental Permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010. The permit has strict conditions relating to acceptable levels of emissions of substances. The ErF operator (Viridor) is required to continuously and periodically monitor the emissions from the Erf stacks and submit the monitoring data quarterly to the EA.</p><p> </p><p>The EA assesses all data submitted including breaches in emission limits for trends and requires the operator to investigate issues and take actions to rectify them.</p><p> </p><p>The quarterly monitoring data that covers January 2020 is due to be submitted to the EA before end of April 2020. The EA have not received any notifications for breaches in emission limits during January 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 649 question first answered 19/02/2020 15:33:39 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1177674

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Viridor
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of carbon monoxide emissions from the Viridor energy recovery facility incinerator on Beddington Lane in South London during January 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) regulates the Energy Recovery Facility (Erf) in Beddington Lane, Sutton through an Environmental Permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010. The permit has strict conditions relating to acceptable levels of emissions of substances. The ErF operator (Viridor) is required to continuously and periodically monitor the emissions from the Erf stacks and submit the monitoring data quarterly to the EA.</p><p> </p><p>The EA assesses all data submitted including breaches in emission limits for trends and requires the operator to investigate issues and take actions to rectify them.</p><p> </p><p>The quarterly monitoring data that covers January 2020 is due to be submitted to the EA before end of April 2020. The EA have not received any notifications for breaches in emission limits during January 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 647 question first answered 19/02/2020 15:33:39 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1180070

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Incinerators: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many invalid emission reporting results there were at the Viridor energy recovery facility incinerator on Beddington lane in south London during January 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	20018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) as the regulatory body for the site will receive the returns from the operator for January 2020. These will be submitted to the EA in April 2020 as part of the quarterly reporting process. This information is then reviewed and validated by the EA. Following this process the EA will be able to confirm the number of invalid emissions, if any.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/03/2020 16:15:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1296905

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Local Government: Recycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of local authorities with responsibility for waste recycling centres have introduced charges for the use of waste recycling services; and if he will provide details of (a) which local authorities have introduced those charges and (b) how much each of those local authorities is charging for those services.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	161872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>Defra does not hold records on which household and waste recycling centres (HWRCs) charge for the disposal of waste. The Controlled Waste Regulations 2012 set out charging arrangements for different categories of waste, including waste delivered to HWRCs. Charges made by local authorities to dispose of DIY waste vary and some do not charge for this service.</p><p> </p><p>In our Resources and Waste Strategy we committed to ensuring that charging arrangements in the Controlled Waste Regulations are clear, especially in relation to waste arising from small scale DIY construction activities carried out by ordinary householders with no specialist skills, which the government has been clear should not be charged for. We will review the Household Waste Recycling Centre services and the Controlled Waste Regulations and, subject to consultation, will amend them to ensure they remain fit for purpose, charges are fairly applied, and that services are accessible, support high levels of recycling and deliver value for money.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 10/03/2021 15:13:27 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1302586

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Supermarkets: Plastic Bags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the increase in supermarket deliveries since the start of the covid-19 outbreak on the use of single use plastic bags by supermarkets.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	169056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p><br>Since 5 October 2015, large retailers in England have been required by law to charge a minimum of 5p for single-use carrier bags (SUCBs) and to report on the amount they sell each year. The data for the year 2020-2021 will be published in the summer.</p><p>The full datasets for each reporting year are on Gov.UK and can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carrier-bag-charge-summary-of-data-in-england.</p><p>The obligation for supermarkets to charge for SUCBs supplied with online deliveries (online grocery delivery bags) was temporarily removed in response to the first Covid-lockdown. These changes were only temporary, from 21 March 2020 to 21 September 2020. This exemption was made as a precautionary measure and in order to allow retailers time to adapt their delivery systems. As well as the charge exemption, the obligation to report during this time period was waived. The charge for these bags was reinstated in September 2020 along with the reporting requirement. Therefore the dataset for the year 2020-2021, will not include data from this period on bags used for online deliveries.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 23/03/2021 13:04:56 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1302587

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Plastics: Packaging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage a shift from conventional single use plastic films to certified compostable alternatives; and if he will set a target under the Environment Bill to accelerate that process.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	169057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2021 answer text <p>While compostable materials may be seen as a solution to reduce the impact of waste, they can also be more environmentally damaging than non-compostable materials if disposed of incorrectly. The Government is concerned that, some claims about the compostability of plastic-based products cannot be verified.</p><p> </p><p>In order to consider impacts carefully, Defra and BEIS published a call for evidence to help us consider the development of standards or certification criteria for bio-based, biodegradable, and compostable plastics, and to better understand their effects on the environment and our waste management system. We are currently analysing responses to the call for evidence and will publish the Government’s response shortly.</p><p> </p><p>Our Resources and Waste Strategy sets out our ambition to transition to a circular economy by keeping resources in the system for longer and extracting maximum value from them, before recycling materials when they can no longer be reused. We have recently published consultations on introducing Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging and introducing a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers. These consultations will inform policy that will transform the economic incentives on packaging producers by encouraging an increase in the amount and quality of unavoidable plastic packaging that is recycled or reused, so driving up recycling rates and helping to move us towards a circular economy.</p><p> </p><p>We are also preparing to launch a second consultation on increasing the consistency of materials collected for recycling from households, businesses and other organisations in England, which will seek views on the collection and disposal of compostable and biodegradable materials and the recycling of plastic films.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Plastics Pact is targeting plastic film as a coordinated effort involving the entire value chain to fix the system to create a circular economy for single use plastic films. Last year the Plastics Pact published a roadmap ‘Creating a Circular Economy for Flexible Plastic Packaging’, which sets out the high-level actions that need to be taken by each part of the value chain. The new roadmap sets out five key areas where efforts should be focused in order to develop a circular economy for flexible plastics. These are: designing packaging that can be recycled and sorted; capitalising on existing front of store collection points; implementing kerbside collection by all local authorities; investing in sorting and reprocessing capacity and capabilities; and ensuring strong and stable end markets for recycled flexible plastic packaging.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Bill requires the Government to set at least one long-term, legally binding target in four priority areas, including Resource Efficiency and Waste Reduction. This will not be focused on increasing the use of compostable plastics, instead the target will ensure a holistic approach to all materials. These targets will be set following a robust, evidence-led process that includes seeking independent expert advice, a role for stakeholders and the public, and parliamentary scrutiny.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 30/03/2021 12:10:42 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn