Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 2 September 2013.
Zac Goldsmith
Conservative, Richmond Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the Committee on Climate Change's recommendation of banning food waste from landfill.
Richard Benyon
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
We have received the Committee on Climate Change's report: “Meeting Carbon Budgets—2013 Progress Report to Parliament” and will be publishing a detailed response in October.
The Government agrees that we need to reduce the amount of biodegradable waste sent to landfill. Our experience from looking into the case for a restriction on wood waste highlighted the complexities and costs of landfill restrictions across the board. Before bringing forward proposals on restricting any materials, we need to be content that restrictions are the best-value way of moving material up the waste hierarchy and that the costs to businesses and the public sector are affordable.
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