Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83836

Incinerators: Scotland

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 28 October 2025

Question

Wendy Morton

Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the incinerator capacity for waste destined for landfill in Scotland.

Answer

Mary Creagh
I have engaged with the Scottish Government on the potential impacts of their forthcoming ban on the landfilling of biodegradable municipal waste. We don’t have an estimate for the amount of waste transported from Scotland to England, but the Scottish Gov...
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