• Muck disposal
Sir: Mr Dominic Lawson wrote an interest- ing article 'Where there's muck' (9 April). It is a pity that he cancelled at short notice his acceptance of my invitation to come to this office as I hoped that I would have been able to correct his inaccuracies when he came to deal with waste brokers.
All waste contractors act as brokers. There is not one contractor who has a total range of disposal facilities, yet most of them offer a total service. They therefore factor the material they cannot handle. The danger is that they attempt to treat borderline materials because they prefer to handle it in house where possible. The true broker has no particular allegiance and can therefore provide the client with a more satisfactory technical, economical and geographical answer to his problems. Con- trary to Mr Lawson's belief, it is vitally necessary for the broker to have an inti- mate knowledge, not only of the waste produced by the client, but also of the disposal facilities throughout Europe (and sometimes elsewhere) as well as the range of environmental and paperwork systems required in each and every country.
Finally, Etna has never done business in or with East Germany and I cannot think where Mr Lawson obtained that informa- tion.
P. L. Butler
Managing Director, Etna Environmental Services, 350 Kennington Road, London SEll
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