Catalogue description Department of the Environment: Land Wastes Division: Registered Files (LW Series)

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Reference: AT 87
Title: Department of the Environment: Land Wastes Division: Registered Files (LW Series)
Description:

This series contains registered files of the Department of the Environment's Land Wastes Division.

These records provide details of the collection, treatment, disposal and reclamation of domestic, commercial and industrial waste, together with the workings of the Waste Management Advisory Council.
Date: 1976-1978
Arrangement:

The files are in former reference order, thereby preserving their original administrative format.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: LW
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of the Environment, Land Wastes Division, 1980-1987
Physical description: 4 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2004 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Custodial history: When the file series first closed the records remained in the custody of the Department of the Environment, but in 1997, they were passed to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions where they remained until 2001. They were then passed to the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions, which held them until 2002.
Accumulation dates: File series ran from 1980 to 1987
Selection and destruction information: These records were selected under 2.2.2.1 of PRO's acquisition policy
Accruals: The series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Land Wastes Division came into being in 1980, initially as part of the Air, Noise and Wastes Directorate. The division had responsibilities for the collection, treatment, disposal and reclamation of domestic, commercial and industrial waste, together with the workings of the Waste Management Advisory Council.

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