Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 32997

Waste: Imports

Tabled: 24 February 2025

Answered: 6 March 2025

Question

Steve Barclay

Conservative — North East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Environment Agency permits allowing the importation of waste from outside the UK are in effect; and if he will provide a list of sites covered.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Environment Agency currently has 208 notifications to import waste, which is recovered at 86 sites. The sites and the number of notifications to each site are listed in the table below: FacilityFacility Postal CodeNumber of notifications (permits)3R T...

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