Terry Quarmby
IDE President

The subject of waste and waste licensing is very topical at the moment with a new piece of legislation being considered by the government, curtousy of DEFRA.  This legislation will have an impact on how we go about our business and is likely to effect the cost of undertaking work, the handling and disposal of waste and impose stricter licensing on us all. But what is most worrying is that it is unlikely to help in the reduction of waste to landfil and the use of secondary materials in new build projects and regeneration schemes.  A letter, signed by the heads of a number of concerned organisations, has been dispatched to the Parliamentary Under -Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills to make known our concerns and to ask him to intervene.  We await any outcome of this innitiative.