Anne Main welcomes help for St Albans business waste
14th June 2011
Anne Main today welcomed the announcement from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Rt Hon Caroline Spelman, abolishing landfill allowance trading schemes.
The Minister for Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said:
‘The review is good for business. We are abolishing landfill allowance trading schemes, because they create a perverse incentive for local authorities not to collect waste from business. We are giving them certainty about landfill tax; the escalator will move annually by £8 to a floor of £80 by 2015. We are announcing a voluntary agreement so that small and medium-sized enterprises can better access recycling services. We are providing business with a clear signal that energy from waste will be a key technology in the future.’
Anne said:
‘I welcome the fact that small businesses can now have their waste collected count towards recycling targets. Will my right hon. Friend therefore lobby her friends in DECC in the hope of introducing a renewables obligation certificate for recycled cooking oil that could be used as a biofuel.’
On leaving the chamber Anne said that:
‘I am pleased that the disincentive to collect waste from businesses will now be removed and that this will benefit businesses in St Albans. This announcement should allow businesses in St Albans to have their recycled waste count towards recycling targets; contributing towards our green economy. I also renewed my calls for recycled cooking oil to be recognized as a sustainable fuel source which would benefit the British economy and deliver a green sustainable fuel without the need to plant crops for fuel not food’.
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Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con): I welcome the fact that small businesses can now have their waste collected count towards recycling targets. Will my right hon. Friend therefore lobby her friends in DECC in the hope of introducing a renewables obligation certificate for recycled cooking oil that could be used as a biofuel?
Mrs Spelman: I will of course discuss that possibility with DECC. The DCLG, DECC and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills work together very closely, and that is helpful in drawing together this review.
