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Incinerators: Carbon Emissions

Commons · Question 41670 · Tabled 26 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 2 Apr 2025

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Asked by Vikki Slade

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of an increase in waste incinerators on the UK's carbon emission reduction targets.

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Answered by Mary Creagh, 2 Apr 2025

The Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy. Defra published the Residual Waste Infrastructure Capacity Note and an accompanying statement on 30 December 2024, which set out that government will only back new Energy from Waste proje...

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