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Commons · Question 61156 · Tabled 19 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 7 Jul 2025

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Asked by Steve Barclay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency is taking steps to (a) control and (b) report on the potential risk of toxic contamination from the use of (i) recycled Energy Recovery Facilities incine

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Answered by Mary Creagh, 7 Jul 2025

As was the case when he was Secretary of State for Defra, the ash residue from energy recovery facilities is normally processed into incinerator The bottom ash aggregate (IBAA). IBAA can only be used under the terms of a regulatory position statement (RPS...