§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take steps to assist and co-ordinate action by local authorities for the safe disposal of unwanted domestic refrigerators and other equipment containing chlorofluorocarbons.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe Department is in regular discussion with the user industries about reducing emissions of chlorofluorocarbons by better housekeeping, recycling or recovery. There is at present no safe disposal method that we could ask local authorities to undertake.