Written questions

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...