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Tighter controls for hazardous wastes
17/11/2003
Steps have been taken to strengthen
controls on monitoring and handling hazardous wastes.
Proposals, announced today, expand the
list of wastes categorized as hazardous, in line with
practice across Europe, and ensure that proper measures are
in place for following movements of these wastes from
production to disposal.
The proposals form part of a
consultation paper: "
Safer Special Waste: Amendments to Special Waste
Regulations" published today.
Ross Finnie, Minister for Environment
& Rural Development said:
"This review of the Special Waste
Regulations is part of the Executive's across-the-board
approach to improving Scotland's waste management
record.
"Together with our recent Landfill
Regulations it is evidence of the Executive's determination
to keep our communities safe and to ensure effective
protection of public health and the environment.
"Ensuring best practice in waste
handling and disposal is an important element of the
Executive's waste management policy. The more dangerous the
waste, the more careful we have to be about how we handle
it.
"The measures we are consulting on now
will ensure that hazardous wastes are carefully monitored,
so that we can be sure they are being disposed of
properly."