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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...