HC Deb 06 December 1993 vol 234 cc14-5W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the sites in England receiving imported toxic waste; and what was the level of toxic waste disposed of at each site for the year 1992–93.

Mr. Yeo

[holding answer 3 December 1993]: The amount of hazardous waste imported for disposal1 at facilities in England in 1992–93 was as follows:

Consignee Totals(Tonnes)
Biffa Waste Services Ltd., Bray, Berkshire 240.9
Cleanaway Ltd., Ellesmere Port, Cheshire 21.9
Cleanaway Ltd., Preston, Lancashire 13.0
Collier Industrial Waste Ltd., Trafford Park, Manchester 1,075.3
DP Effluent Treatment Ltd., Runcorn, Cheshire 122.7
Grosvenor Power Services, Carrington, Manchester 84.9
Grundon Waste Ltd., Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire 342.2
Lanstar Ltd., Salford, Manchester 93.8
Lanstar Waste Treatment, Cadishead, Manchester 9,083.5
Leigh Environmental Ltd., Birmingham 5,977.0
North London Waste Authority, Edmonton, London 4,517.6
Polymeric Treatment Ltd., Walsall, West Midlands 3,344.9
Progressive Waste Ltd., Trafford Park, Manchester 235.6
Rechem Ltd., Southampton 5,989.4
RF Winder Electrical Ltd., Stanningley, Leeds 7.2
Triton Transformers, Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire 303.1
Whelan Environmental Services, Birmingham 474.6
Grand Total 31,927.6
1 Source: Consignment notes under the Transfrontier Shipment of Hazardous Waste Regulations 1988.

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