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Mr. Trippier
[holding answer 21 June 1990]: The information is available in the detail required only since the introduction of Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations 1988. Provisional figures for imports of hazardous wastes through English ports in the year to 31 March 1990 by country of origin and destination, and by waste disposal authority, are as follows. Figures for types of waste imported are summarised, as information for individual ports is not available in a concise form.
| Imports of hazardous waste 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990 via ports in England |
| By country of origin |
|
Tonnes |
| Chatham |
|
| Belgium |
409 |
| Dartford |
|
| Belgium |
1,137 |
| Dover |
|
| France |
16 |
| Switzerland |
5,144 |
| Total Dover |
5,160 |
| Felixstowe |
|
| Australia |
279 |
| Austria |
29 |
| Belgium |
306 |
| Canada |
62 |
| Germany |
439 |
| Ireland |
1 |
| Italy |
1,169 |
51W
|
Tonnes |
| Luxembourg |
17 |
| Malaysia |
34 |
| Netherlands |
5,670 |
| Norway |
424 |
| Singapore |
39 |
| Switzerland |
13 |
| Total Felixstowe |
8,480 |
| Fleetwood |
|
| Ireland |
154 |
| Flixborough |
|
| United States |
4,237 |
| Gravesend |
|
| Austria |
25 |
| Grimsby |
|
| Germany |
39 |
| Harwich |
|
| Austria |
52 |
| Belgium |
64 |
| Switzerland |
35 |
| Total Harwich |
150 |
| Heysham |
|
| Brazil |
33 |
| Ireland |
582 |
| Total Heysham |
615 |
| Immingham |
|
| Belgium |
1,712 |
| Denmark |
17 |
| Italy |
620 |
| Netherlands |
4,937 |
| Norway |
170 |
| Sweden |
1,241 |
| Total Immingham |
8,696 |
| Ipswich |
|
| Germany |
185 |
| Liverpool |
|
| Canada |
506 |
| Ireland |
193 |
| Switzerland |
37 |
| Total Liverpool |
736 |
| Middlesbrough |
|
| Belgium |
184 |
| Poole |
|
| Channel Islands |
30 |
| Portsmouth |
|
| Spain |
2 |
| Purfleet |
|
| Finland |
12 |
| Ramsgate |
|
| Belgium |
2,958 |
| Seaforth |
|
| Portugal |
73 |
| Southampton |
|
| Singapore |
5 |
| Teesport |
|
| Switzerland |
90 |
52W
|
Tonnes |
| Tilbury |
|
| Brazil |
12 |
| Uruguay |
3 |
| Total Tilbury |
15 |
| Great Yarmouth |
|
| Denmark |
8 |
| Total |
33,399 |
| Imports of hazardous waste 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990 via ports in England |
| By Waste Disposal Authority of destination |
|
Tonnes |
| Chatham |
|
| Greater Manchester |
171 |
| Torfaen BC |
238 |
| Total Chatham |
409 |
| Dartford |
|
| Greater Manchester |
23 |
| Hampshire County Council |
448 |
| Torfaen Borough Council |
666 |
| Total Dartford |
1,137 |
| Dover |
|
| Greater Manchester |
4,778 |
| Torfaen Borough Council |
382 |
| Total Dover |
5,160 |
| Felixstowe |
|
| Essex County Council |
424 |
| Greater Manchester |
1,198 |
| Hampshire County Council |
163 |
| Suffolk County Council |
22 |
| West Midlands |
5,401 |
| Torfaen |
1,272 |
| Total Felixstowe |
8,480 |
| Fleetwood |
|
| Cheshire County Council |
110 |
| Greater Manchester |
44 |
| Total Fleetwood |
154 |
| Flixborough |
|
| Humberside County Council |
4,237 |
| Gravesend |
|
| Torfaen Borough Council |
25 |
| Grimsby |
|
| Essex County Council |
39 |
| Harwich |
|
| Essex County Council |
15 |
| Greater Manchester |
35 |
| Torfaen Borough Council |
100 |
| Total Harwich |
150 |
| Heysham |
|
| Greater Manchester |
530 |
| Nottinghamshire |
1 |
| West Midlands |
51 |
| Torfaen Borough Council |
33 |
| Total Heysham |
615 |
| Immingham |
|
| Greater Manchester |
6,714 |
53W
|
Tonnes |
| Hampshire County Council |
72 |
| Nottinghamshire County Council |
33 |
| West Midlands |
17 |
| Torfaen Borough Council |
1,860 |
| Total Immingham |
8,696 |
| Ipswich |
|
| Torfaen |
185 |
| Liverpool |
|
| Greater Manchester |
164 |
| West Midlands |
77 |
| Torfaen Borough Council |
495 |
| Total Liverpool |
736 |
| Middlesbrough |
|
| Greater Manchester |
184 |
| Poole |
|
| Lancashire County Council |
15 |
| Warwickshire County Council |
15 |
| Total Poole |
30 |
| Portsmouth |
|
| Torfaen Borough Council |
2 |
| Purfleet |
|
| Essex County Council |
12 |
| Ramsgate |
|
| Greater Manchester |
22 |
| West Midlands |
2,936 |
| Total Ramsgate |
2,958 |
| Seaforth |
|
| Torfaen Borough Council |
73 |
| Southampton |
|
| Nottinghamshire |
5 |
| Teesport |
|
| Greater Manchester |
90 |
| Tilbury |
|
| Torfaen Borough Council |
16 |
| Great Yarmouth |
|
| West Midlands |
8 |
| TOTAL |
33,399 |
| Imports of hazardous waste 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990 via ports in England |
| By type of waste |
Tonnes |
| Inorganic acids |
10 |
| Alkalis |
282 |
| Toxic metal compounds |
822 |
| Non-toxic metal compounds |
167 |
| Metal oxides |
1,644 |
| Inorganic compounds |
427 |
| Other inorganic materials |
10,894 |
| Organic compounds excluding PCBs |
2,080 |
| PCBs/PCB contaminated material |
2,986 |
| Polymeric material and precursors |
181 |
| Fuels, oils and greases |
410 |
| Fine chemicals and biocides |
600 |
| Miscellaneous chemical waste |
1,426 |
| Filter materials, treatment sludge and contaminated rubbish |
5,490 |
| Interceptor wastes, tars, paint, dyes and pigments |
3,499 |
| Miscellaneous wastes |
2,234 |
54W
| By type of waste |
Tonnes |
| Total |
33,399 |