Its operational usefulness is no greater, to say the least, than that of battleships that have preceded it to thescrapyard.
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It is important to remember that most local authorities are only now beginning to embark on the licensing of their scrapyards.
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One is a 30-year-old tug saved from thescrapyard.
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There are approximately 2,500 shredders, dismantlers and scrapyards currently operating under waste management licences and exemptions.
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When they escaped from thescrapyard, the dogs started terrorising some children on a nearby estate.
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The day he returned home he was back in thescrapyardwhere his father and his mates were.
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For many years waste regulators have been making it clear that scrapyards present considerable potential for serious pollution.
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But that does not constitute a reason for ending controls on scrapyards and metal recycling plants, which can be a source of local environmental problems.
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Scrapyards have to pay £3,000 for a licence and £8,000 for an inspection.
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The short answer is that, however one devises the policy, it is usually a policy for the scrapyards rather than for the shipbuilding industry.
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For example, if scrapyards are not mentioned, scrapyards are not given permission by the scheme.
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We wish to stop somebody causing an intolerable nuisance by securing the removal of ascrapyardfrom a semi-residential area.
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We cannot say that the carriers have now finally gone to thescrapyard, and that is the end.
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He said afterwards that it looked to him like a huge uglyscrapyard.
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Meanwhile, the unfortunate people living in the district can look forward to ascrapyardon the back doorstep for at least another 12 months.
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