§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any plans to make pollution prevention an integral part of all waste disposal plans.
§ Mr. TrippierI am considering the need for such a provision.
§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any plans to make the submission of a detailed waste minimisation plan a pre-condition for the issue of every waste disposal site licence.
§ Mr. TrippierWaste disposal licences generally control activites at the point of waste disposal, not of waste production. Consequently, it would be inappropriate to require waste licence holders to produce waste minimisation plans.