HC Deb 09 December 1991 vol 200 c313W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much toxic waste in tonnes was produced by industries in the United Kingdom for every year since 1979.

Mr. Baldry

The amount of toxic wastes—that is, special waste as defined under the Control of Pollution Act (Special Waste) Regulations 1980—produced in industries in the United Kingdom in each year since 1986 were:

thousand tonnes
1986–87 1,630
1987–88 12,140
1988–90 2,320
1990–91 22,000
1 Not including Wales.
2 Figures incomplete, awaiting final reports and validations.

Figures for years before 1986 are not readily available.