Incinerators: Scotland
Commons · Question 83836 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the incinerator capacity for waste destined for landfill in Scotland.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 28 Oct 2025
I have engaged with the Scottish Government on the potential impacts of their forthcoming ban on the landfilling of biodegradable municipal waste. We don’t have an estimate for the amount of waste transported from Scotland to England, but the Scottish Gov...