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     1        A.  Yes, it is.
     2
     3   Q.   Do you stand by that report as written on 9th February
     4        1995?
     5        A.  Yes, I do.
     6
     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you know of any examples of returnables
     8        save in relation to drinks?
     9        A.  Apart from drinks you mean?
    10
    11   Q.   Yes?
    12        A.  I believe that in the book also there are examples in
    13        the same festival as uses the plastic returnable beakers.
    14        They use pressed glass plates which they do not require a
    15        deposit on, but that also works at a big event where there
    16        are lots of people, so I would imagine it works in lots of
    17        places.  People do not steal them apparently.
    18
    19   Q.   So the deposit items you know of are just in relation to
    20        drinks though, returnable deposit items?
         A.  Yes, although there may be possibly others.  Definitely
    22        returnable items are being used at big public events.  In
    23        Nuremberg the local council asks events to use some form of
    24        returnable items and not use disposables.  They provided a
    25        dish washing service for public events.
    26
    27   Q.   Yes.
    28
    29   MR. MORRIS:  Going on to your second statement, is it behind the
    30        first statement?
    31        A.  No, it is not.
    32
    33   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Is there another copy?
    34
    35   MR. MORRIS:  I think I have a spare copy, yes.  If it could be
    36        clipped, it could be put behind the other one.  (Handed):
    37
    38        "Supplementary Statement from Anne Link, Science
    39        Coordinator, Women's Environmental Network; 23rd April
    40        1996:
    41
    42        1.  My work is increasingly centred on waste prevention, in
    43        order to lessen the environmental impacts and health
    44        effects of processes such as monoculture plantation
    45        establishment, woodpulping, plastic production and waste
    46        disposal.
    47
    48        2.  The UK Government has confirmed its position that waste
    49        prevention (minimisation, reuse, refill, et cetera) is the
    50        first priority in dealing with waste.  (Making Waste Work: 
    51        A strategy for sustainable waste management in England and 
    52        Wales, Department of the Environment December 1995). 
    53
    54        3.  Women's Environmental Network has launched a Waste
    55        Prevention Bill in the House of Commons.  We have had a
    56        useful discussion with the Department of Environment about
    57        the bill and we are hopeful they will support it."
    58
    59        Have you been involved in those discussions?
    60        A.  Yes, I have.