The SWEAP project
The Shipment of Waste Enforcement Actions Project (SWEAP) project is co-funded by the European Commission LIFE fund and will run 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 data set
- Providing intelligence products
Latest news
Norwegian and Swedish officers join inspections in Scotland
The second SWEAP Inspectors Exchange took place 14-16 November 2018 in Scotland. The Scottish Environment Agency SEPA, hosted law enforcement…
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SWEAP presented to the World Customs Organization
On 20th November 2018 Katie Olley, project leader of the SWEAP project, attended the operational debriefing on Operation Demeter IV…
Inspectors Exchange on Refuse Derived Fuel
In November 2018 Environment Agency of Northern Ireland’s Transfrontier Shipment of Waste (TFS) Team co-hosted an inspector exchange for SWEAP,…
