HC Deb 12 November 1987 vol 122 cc197-8W
Mr. Allan Roberts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what happened to the 53,000 tonnes of hazardous waste imported during 1986.

Mr. Moynihan

The 53,000 tonnes of imported waste notified under the Control of pollution (Special Waste) Regulations were disposed of as follows: —

Method Tonnes
By incineration 8,000
By treatment 42,000
By land-fill 3,000