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MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND URBAN SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION N0.86

Waste Management

Ms Follett - asked the Minister for Finance and Urban Services -on 13 February 1990:

(1) What types and quantities of hazardous and intractable wastes are produced in the ACT.

(2) Who are the major producers of waste referred to in (1) above.

(3) What proportion of such waste is produced by (a) the private sector, (b) the Commonwealth sector and (c) the ACT public sector.

(4) How much would it cost to (a) stockpile and (b) dispose of this waste.

(5) What procedures exist for householders to dispose of hazardous and intractable waste.

(6) What steps has the ACT Government Service taken to study overseas procedures for the disposal of hazardous and intractable waste.

Mr Duby: The answer to the Members question is as follows:

(1) The last survey relating to hazardous and intractable wastes which are produced in the ACT was conducted in 1983, and the results of this survey were documented in a public discussion paper on the, "Disposal of Environmentally Hazardous Wastes".

The types and quantities of hazardous and intractable wastes produced in the ACT, that were identified by this survey are outlined in Attachment A.

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