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Environmental crime: Council and European Parliament reach provisional agreement

November 16, 2023 //  by Nancy Isarin

The Council presidency and European Parliament negotiators today reached a provisional agreement on a proposed …

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SWEAP Presented at Europol Waste and Pollution Crime Conference

November 7, 2023 //  by Nancy Isarin

Europol's first ever conference on Waste and Pollution Crimes, held 30 and 31 October 2023, targeted heads of …

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LIFE SWEAP Interim Waste Shipment Inspection Data

October 18, 2023 //  by Nancy Isarin

Since the start of the LIFE SWEAP Project in 2018, more than 77,000 inspections targeting movements of waste, …

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Operation NOXIA operation against dangerous substances

October 17, 2023 //  by Nancy Isarin

Over 1221 tonnes of illicit waste, 27 469 litres and 5 tonnes of illicit pesticides as well as over 67 million …

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Zero draft of global treaty to end plastic pollution released

September 5, 2023 //  by Nancy Isarin

The intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) that was established to develop an international legally …

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New article: “Takin’ out the trash: How do transnational waste traffickers operate?”

August 3, 2023 //  by Nancy Isarin

With the support of the Journalism Fund Europe, a team of journalists based in Italy, Tunisia, and Germany …

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Research article: Transnational trafficking networks of end-of-life vehicles and e-waste

July 6, 2023 //  by Nancy Isarin

A new study has reconstructed and analysed the structures and characteristics of the networks of countries …

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LIFE SWEAP Project extended until June 2024

June 21, 2023 //  by Nancy Isarin

The European Commission agreed positively to the request from IMPEL to extend the LIFE SWEAP project with one …

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Revising the Waste Shipments Regulation: Council ready to start talks with Parliament

May 24, 2023 //  by Nancy Isarin

Today the Council adopted its negotiating mandate to start talks with the European Parliament on a proposal to …

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Investigate Europe: “Authorities struggle to track Europe’s Illegal waste trade”

May 8, 2023 //  by Nancy Isarin

The volume of plastic waste produced in Europe is mounting and getting rid of it is a costly process. This has …

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Report shows increase in quantity and more detections of illegal shipments

March 20, 2023 //  by Nancy Isarin

The European Commission published the implementation report of the Waste Shipment Regulation for 2016 to 2019, …

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Thailand Sets 2025 Target for Import Ban on Plastic Waste

February 27, 2023 //  by Nancy Isarin

The Thai government has announced that it will completely ban plastic waste imports by the end of 2024, as the …

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