LANDFILL

Early day motion 633, tabled 12 February 2004 by Caroline Spelman (Conservative). Signed by 41 members.

That this House notes that the UK sent 77 per cent. of its waste to landfill in 2001-02; and that the quantity of municipal waste going to landfill increased in quantity from 22.1 million tonnes to 22.3 million tonnes between 2000-01 and 2001-02; recognises that the EU Landfill Directive requires a reduction in landfill waste of 25 per cent. of 1995 levels by 2010; further notes that the Government's Strategy Unit report, Waste Not, Want Not, predicted that, on current trends, the volume of waste generated would be double the 1995 level by 2010; and calls on the Government to take substantive measures to reverse this regrettable increase in waste going to landfill through waste minimisation and recycling.

Signatures by party: Conservative 31, Labour 3, Independent Conservative 2, Liberal Democrat 2, DUP 1, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.