During the annual best practice meeting of the TFS Enforcement Actions project again facilitated practical experiences and in-depth knowledge exchange on countries efforts to deter and detect illegal shipments of waste. The programme included experiences from a number of countries on recent cases they encountered. For example Mr Jonas Ludlin from Sweden presented their pilot… [Read more]
Transboundary Enforcement Actions project results in 17,500 inspections
Regulatory authorities from 31 European countries joined forces to combat illegal waste shipments as part of the IMPEL network’s Enforcement Actions Project from March 2014 to November 2015. More than 17,500 shipments were checked by environmental authorities around Europe, with violations including illegal shipments of electronic items, waste vehicles, household waste and incorrect documentation. Trans-frontier… [Read more]