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Industrial Waste: North East

Asked by Matt VickersConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 11 November 2025UIN 87457

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of permitted landfill capacity for industrial waste in the North East.

Answered by Mary Creagh

The Environment Agency publishes data of landfill capacity on an annual basis which can be accessed here: Remaining Landfill Capacity - data.gov.uk

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