§ Mr. LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the five largest producers of dioxin emissions in the UK. [123484]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 23 May 2000]Estimates of dioxin emissions from those industrial processes that are regulated by the Environment Agency are published in the Pollution Inventory on the Agency's website. The latest data published for 1998 list the top five as follows:
Company Dioxins emission to air Grams of toxic equivalents (1-TEQ) (per year) Corus (formerly British Steel), Llanwem Works 13 Corus (formerly British Steel), Port Talbot Works 10 Corus (formerly British Steel), Brigg Road 9 Calder Industrial Materials Ltd. 8 Allied Steel and Wire Ltd., Tremorfa Works 7 The Environment Agency are working with those industries to identify ways to reduce their emissions.