Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 41670
Incinerators: Carbon Emissions
Tabled: 26 March 2025
Answered: 2 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Vikki Slade
Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an increase in waste incinerators on the UK's carbon emission reduction targets.
Answer
Mary CreaghThe Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy. Defra published the Residual Waste Infrastructure Capacity Note and an accompanying statement on 30 December 2024, which set out that government will only back new Energy from Waste proje...
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