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Behemoth
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 Posted: Wed Aug 03, 05 9:51 am Post subject: Municipal Composting Targets met |
 
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Monday 1 August 2005 17:06
Department for The Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (National)
MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SURVEY 2003/04 PUBLISHED
Defra has published the final version of the Municipal Waste Management Survey 2003/04 today.
First figures from the survey were released in March, confirming that England had successfully met and exceeded its target to recycle and compost 17 per cent of household waste during 2003/04.
Minister for Local Environment, Ben Bradshaw, said the 2003/04 results were 'a step in the right direction', and he hoped the upwards trend would continue when provisional recycling figures for 2004/05 are released later in the summer.
"In 2003/04, recycling was up over three per cent compared to the previous year, and I hope to see further progress in the 2004/05 data which we should have in the next few weeks.
"We have set ourselves a target to recycle 25% of municipal waste by 2005/06; it's achievable, but we will all need to play our part."
The first indication of 2004/05 recycling rates will come in the form of the Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPI) which, though unaudited, will provide a good indication of the level of recycling being achieved.
Notes to editors
1. Municipal Waste Management Survey 2003/04, a National Statistics publication, is available on the Defra website at:
https://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/wastats/index.htm
2. Hard copies of the publication are available from:
Defra Publications
Admil 6000
London
SW1A 2XX
Tel: 08459 556000
Cost: �20
Product code: PB10967
3. Summary results from the 2003/04 survey were initially published on 8 March 2005 (See Defra press releases 106/05 and 107/05 at: https://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2005/index.htm)
4. The 2003/04 Municipal Waste Management Survey is the ninth in the series. Only limited data from the first survey in 1995/6 are available on a consistent basis and so comparisons over time are confined to the period since 1996/97. From 2004/5 the Municipal Waste Management |
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