§ 51. Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will consult with firms in the waste disposal industry as to the practice currently being carried out by the industry in the disposal of toxic chemicals.
§ Mr. Eldon GriffithsMy Department is already in touch with many parts of industry about the problems of toxic waste disposal. A working party is being formed, together with industry and the local authority associations, to consider 125W the problems of dealing with the more difficult and toxic industrial wastes, and to propose codes of practice or guidance for safe disposal.