I was interested in the recent Asbestos thread, having just been through a similar problem. I had to dismantle and dispose of an Asbestos shed erected by my father in 1960 when I was
13.I wrote to the Environmental Health dept., at the city coucil.They rang me to say that they no longer deal with asbestos disposal and told me that if I disposed it other than in a proper way with special bags etc.,and arrange for transport to a disposal site I could receive a hefty fine.They said that they would send a list of firms licensed but would not be responible in any way. Having checked the archives for this group It seemed that firms had been given a licence to print money almost.Today I managed to get a firm to bag it up and take it away for £350.It would have been twice that if they had taken it down. I did it myself in the rain last week having bought the mask mentioned in this group, EN149.It was harder than I thought but I did it in the day.The nearest disposal site is Wiltshire and I'm in Gwent.
The link provided in the earlier thread could be of real use to people caught in this "asbestos trap"