HC Deb 30 November 1989 vol 162 cc361-2W
Mr. Gould

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the ports currently registered for the import of toxic waste, together with the amount of such waste imported, the countries of origin and destinations and the nature of the waste, through each of those ports, for the last three available years.

Mr. Chris Patten

There is no statutory requirement that ports be "registered" to accept waste.

Her Majesty's inspectorate of pollution (HMIP) collects information on imported waste from waste disposal authorities every financial year. For the financial years 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89 that information indicates that the following ports accepted the amounts of waste indicated. The information collected does not enable HMIP to determine the amounts of waste in relation to the country of origin, destinations or make-up.

Following the implementation of the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations in October 1988 HMIP now collects more detailed information but has not yet compiled data for the current year.

Quantities of waste (tonnes) imported via named ports
Port 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Avonmouth 1,519 2,737
Barking 2,276
Boston 1,283 164
Bristol 1,333
Briton Ferry 2,300 7,536 12,360
Chatham 1,730 49 88
Dartford 4,122 4,133 52
Devonport 25
Dover 1,638 3,559 20
Felixstowe 13,038 21,416 12,311
Fishguard 50
Fleetwood 1,956 2,173 1,440
Garston 203
Greenwich 2,276
Grimsby 271 14

Port 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Harwich 855 1,578 141
Holyhead 124 384 221
Immingham 12,233 293 20,020
Ipswich 543 15 290
Liverpool 80 658 1,405
Manchester 60
Newhaven 23 48
Newport 3,082 315
Plymouth 42
Poole 230 72
Portsmouth 70 17
Purfleet 100 109 83
Rainham 924
Ramsgate 25 395
Seaforth 127
Seaham 3,599
Southampton 13 222
Sunderland
Teesport 1,650 2,959
Tilbury 2,666 2,910 41

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