§ Mr. MartlewTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what steps the Government are taking to ensure that discarded domestic refrigeration appliances producing CFC gases are collected in Cumbria. [127806]
§ Mr. Mullin[Pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2000, c. 603W]: Under section 59 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, local authorities are not under a duty to collect waste which is fly-tipped. Section 59(1) provides that a collection authority may serve a notice requiring the occupier of the land to remove fly-tipped waste.
Section 59(7) provides that a collection authority may remove fly-tipped waste itself to prevent pollution etc.