§ Mr. GouldTo 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 PattenThere 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.
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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