Waste Management
Commons · Question 8442 · Tabled 10 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Steve Barclay
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
Answered by Mary Creagh, 17 Oct 2024
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...