§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment. pursuant to his oral answer of 28 April,Official Report, column 950, which developed countries currently cannot economically make provision for their own recycling of toxic waste.
§ Mr. MacleanThis information is not available. However, during negotiations on the EC waste shipments regulation not all member states welcomed as much as the United Kingdom the provisions relating to national self-sufficiency. The final text therefore enables member states to ban imports for disposal from other member states and EFTA countries unless the state of origin produces such a small quantity of hazardous waste that it would be unecononic to provide new specialised disposal facilities.