§ Mrs. BrintonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to promote the proximity principle for waste disposal in agriculture. [123654]
§ Mr. MullinThe Government made it clear in statutory planning guidance "Planning policy guidance note 10: planning and waste management" that future waste management decisions should be based on the proximity principle, which says that waste should be disposed of as near as possible to its place of production, because the transporting of waste itself has an environmental impact.