Vol. 420 No. 5
111 Mr. J. Bruton and Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment the local authorities which have and have not yet implemented waste plans under the European Communities (Waste) Regulations 1979 and the European Communities (Toxic and Dangerous Waste) Regulations 1982; and the date on which each such authority was asked to prepare such plans.
The obligation for the local authorities concerned to prepare a general waste plan and a special waste plan derive respectively from the European Communities (Waste) Regulations, 1979 which came into operation on 1 April 1980, and the European Communities (Toxic and Dangerous Waste) Regulations, 1982 which came into operation on 1 January 1983. All local authorities concerned have prepared general waste plans, and all but six have prepared special waste plans.
