Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 8442

Waste Management

Tabled: 10 October 2024

Answered: 17 October 2024

Question

Steve Barclay

Conservative — North East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abandoned waste sites there are; and if he will publish a list of such sites.

Answer

Mary Creagh

As of July 2024, the Environment Agency confirmed 35 abandoned waste sites in England. An abandoned site occurs if the waste management permit holder dies, or the company is wound up. Information on these sites was not published when he was Secretary of S...

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