Spurred by a letter signed by several NGOs, Greek officials have stopped 37 containers in the port of Piraeus …
Commission Proposal for New Waste Shipment Regulation Open for Feedback until 17 January 2022
On 17 November last year, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new Regulation on waste shipments, …
Operation DEMETER VII clamps down on illegal transboundary shipments of waste and ozone depleting substances
Conducted from 1 to 31 October 2021, Operation DEMETER VII demonstrated Customs’ commitment to helping to …
Industry and waste: toward the circular economy
Given the limits of the linear production and consumption model, the transition to a circular economy has …
New EU Guideline on Plastic Waste
The Waste Shipments Correspondents have published a new updated guidelines on plastic waste. These guidelines …
New rules in place for the export of non-hazardous waste
The rules and procedures for the export of non-hazardous, or the so-called green-listed waste from the EU to …
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New Customs codes for electric and electronical waste and scrap
The European Commission has published the latest version of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) applicable as from …
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€10 million worth of illicit refrigerant gases seized
One week of operations coordinated by the Dutch authorities and supported by the European Anti-Fraud Office …
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Partnership is king for positive progress
In this blog post by Lee Marrs, Intelligence Research Officer at the Environment Agency, his experiences in …
OLAF’s work against waste trafficking helps Italian authorities stop illicit waste
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has recently been active in fighting illicit waste trafficking from the …
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Inspection Data Reporting Application
To record inspection data on transfrontier shipments (TFS) of waste on the spot, the LIFE SWEAP project …
LIFE SWEAP Launches Second Industry Survey
The LIFE SWEAP project has launched its second survey aiming to assess the assistance industry may need to …
