§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) when he expects the report on the consultation exercise on the system for classifying waste for the national waste classification system; and if he will publish the results; [19692]
(2) if he will make it his policy to extend the scope of the proposed category 1 of the system for classifying waste for the national waste classification system to include salt purification waste; [19696]
(3) if he will change the emphasis in the system for classifying wastes for the national waste classification system between the natural qualities of the material and their disposal method and the process through which they may pass. [19697]
§ Mr. ClappisonThe national waste classification scheme is being introduced with several aims:
- to provide a means to describe waste consistently that will assist waste producers and the waste management industry in assessing the wastes they have to deal with;
- to help promote consistency of waste management licensing and the effectiveness of the duty of care; and
- to assist the new environment agencies in their waste management planning roles to provide the sort of information on the production and management of waste that is needed for the development of sound waste strategies at both local and national level.
Grade 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Scientists Engineers Scientists Engineers Scientists Engineers Scientists Engineers Scientists Engineers Scientists Engineers Grade 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Grade 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 Grade 5 4 8 5 9 7 6 10 7 8 6 7 6 Grade 6 19 31 20 27 22 24 23 23 23 22 22 23 Grade 7 68 90 70 88 75 94 83 85 80 80 78 72 SEO and equivalent 42 58 85 63 107 70 110 69 114 69 110 62 HEO and equivalent 14 12 14 14 19 13 20 10 12 8 11 2 EO and equivalent 0 5 0 12 0 19 0 2 0 1 0 1 AO and equivalent 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 AA and equivalent 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0