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23 results found for '"Waste disposal"' in Keywords.
VIP medical records found on Leicestershire tip (1981)
- Genre
- Interview
Local newspaper reporter Eddie Hudson on finding the medical records (from a Harley Street clinic) of prominent individuals on a rubbish tip in Leicestershire. The records included information on former...
Wandsworth dustmen dispute (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on a dispute involving the Conservative controlled Wandsworth Council refuse workers over the issue of privatisation of the rubbish collection service. With comment from workers Bill Peacock and Mr...
Conservation groups protest at sea dumping of radioactive waste (1983)
- Genre
- Interview; Music; News report
Report on the protest by Greenpeace, the Ecology Party and other conservation groups outside the meeting of the International Maritime Organization, which is discussing the dumping at sea of radioactive...
Robert Taylor on North Sea titanium dumping (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Greenpeace spokesman Robert Taylor on the divers’ blockage set up to prevent a (German?) ship dumping titanium dioxide waste into the North Sea. Female interviewer not identified.
Bradford football stadium fire-litter under stand a factor (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Bradford City Football Club Chairman Stafford Heginbotham about litter underneath the stand at the Valley Parade ground which may have been a contributory factor in the devastating fire at the...
Taken for granted (1985)
- Genre
- Interview; Documentary
In this episode of his regular show Richard Robbins travels to the Western Riverside Refuse Transfer Station in London, to look at the subject of waste disposal. He talks to plant manager Mike Campbell, who...
Seal virus debate (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
A mysterious virus which is killing thousands of seals in the North Sea has sparked debate. Environment Minister, Virginia Bottomley says that Britain is clean when it comes to pollution, but Conservative...
Shipment of a cargo of waste from Canada to the UK for disposal (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified government official? on the shipment of a cargo of waste from Canada to the UK. Arguing the UK has a worldwide asset with the necessary specialist facilities to take in waste and to dispose of...
Margaret Thatcher on cleaning up Britain’s streets (1989)
- Genre
- Speech
In her strongest green speech yet, the Prime Minister is warning that she will bring in tough new laws if Britain’s cities are not cleaned up. She was speaking at the launch of a report by the Royal...
Stephen Tumim on prison report (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, Judge Stephen Tumim, about his report on the state of the UK’s prisons. He wants to see proper sanitation installed and inmates given useful...