Increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of enforcement actions aiming to disrupt illegal shipments of waste
Building capacity and coordinating EU-wide inspections on shipments of waste to intensify the operational collaboration and enforcement actions between law enforcement communities
Getting a better understanding of trend and patterns to develop strategies to prevent and disrupt the illegal waste trade by employing new tools to improve the flow of intelligence on illegal shipments and the actors involved
The LIFE SWEAP project
The Shipment of Waste Enforcement Actions Project (SWEAP) project is co-funded by the European Commission LIFE fund and co-ordinated by the IMPEL Network. The project runs between September 2018 to June 2023. The overall purpose of the project is to support the circular economy by disrupting the illegal waste trade at the EU level by:
- Increasing skill set amongst inspectors and law enforcement agencies
- Intensifying collaboration nationally and internationally
- Developing innovative tools and techniques
- Creating EU-wide inspection data set
- Providing intelligence products
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