Day 063 - 07 Dec 94 - Page 34
1 greater clay coating on the inside next to the food, what
2 are the reasons for putting that coating on in the food
3 side?
4 A. It is, in general, to separate the recycled material,
5 to separate any possible contaminations from the recycled
6 material coming into contact with the food, providing a
7 larger barrier for that.
8
9 Q. So far as this country is concerned, the legal implications
10 for the company if a person should ingest contaminated
11 material from a food container are a matter for his
12 Lordship. Do you happen to know what the legal
13 responsibilities or liabilities of the company might be in
14 other countries of Europe if that should happen?
15 A. I think it is comparable.
16
17 Q. We will have to perhaps take that up in another way on
18 another occasion. If you have the pink IV there?
19 A. Yes, I have.
20
21 Q. Could you turn, please, first of all, to page 223 which is
22 in tab 5? Do you remember you were asked about this by one
23 of the Defendants earlier?
24 A. Yes.
25
26 Q. I ask you to notice that there is a reference there in the
27 second complete paragraph to a report or two reports by
28 Franklin Associates in the paragraph beginning "EDF
29 prepared"?
30 A. Yes.
31
32 Q. Can you turn back to tab 3 of this same file, please? You
33 will see at the beginning that this is a report prepared by
34 Franklin Associates for Perseco?
35 A. Yes.
36
37 Q. Which seems to summarise two reports of 1990 and 1991. Can
38 you, please, turn to page 125 which is a chart or table
39 rather, I should say, headed "Display 2", do you have that?
40 A. Yes.
41
42 Q. These are, of course, American figures. Here are set out,
43 or apparently set out, the competing environmental
44 advantages and disadvantages of the various kinds of
45 wrapping. Do you see them?
46 A. Yes.
47
48 Q. Total energy requirement; energy credit from incineration;
49 is that where the energy is taken from the incineration
50 plant and used for domestic or industrial purposes? Is
51 that what it means or do you not know?
52 A. Sorry, can you repeat that question? I missed what you
53 are saying.
54
55 Q. The second column, "energy credit from incineration", do
56 you know what that means?
57 A. Oh, yes.
58
59 Q. Which is?
60 A. It is if you incinerate that type of packaging, what
