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Projects - Sweden

IMPEL-TFS Prosecutor Project, phase 2

  • Number: 2013/24
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2013
The compliance deficit of the Basel Convention and the European Waste Shipment Regulation (1013/2006) or ‘WSR’ is very serious and past experience indicates that we are dealing with organised crime in many cases. Figures indicate that about 20% of all waste shipments are in violation. Prosecution of environmental crime is a national competence. The differences in approach and the number of convictions in European countries are significant. There appears to be a lack of communication between...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Netherlands

IMPEL – Third Country Collaboration

  • Number: 2013/21
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2013
Large amounts of post-consumer wastes such as electronic wastes, mixed plastics, waste tyres and ELVs are being exported from Europe to the other parts of the world, mainly Asia and Africa. Recent repatriation cases also show illegal exports of waste from the EU to South America. Many exports take place with the alleged intent of re-use or recycling but often result in residual hazardous materials being disposed of in an environmentally unsound manner. The only way to verify the final destination...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Sweden

Waste Sites II

  • Number: 2013/19
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2013
This project is based on the experiences derived from the first Waste Sites project of 2011-2012 which confirmed the assumption that in order to control illegal waste exports from the EU more effectively – notably of e-waste and end-of-life vehicles – it is important to target the sources of these waste streams and the “upstream” facilities where the waste is collected, stored and/or treated before the export. Site-oriented policing...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Germany

Using supply chains to reduce environmental impact

  • Number: 2013/14
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2013
There is increasing interest in European Union member states in using complementary interventions alongside traditional methods such as environmental inspections to improve the implementation and compliance of environmental legislation and deliver better environmental outcomes. In 2011 IMPEL carried out a project to explore the use and effectiveness of complementary approaches to inspections for ensuring compliance. This project identified the most commonly used approaches in IMPEL members states...
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  • Lead Country:
  • UK (England & Wales)

Choosing Appropriate Interventions, phase 2

  • Number: 2013/13
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2013
There is increasing interest in European Union member states in using complementary interventions alongside traditional methods such as environmental inspections to improve the implementation and compliance of environmental legislation and deliver better environmental outcomes. In 2011, an IMPEL Project was carried out on “Exploring the use and effectiveness of complementary approaches to inspection for ensuring compliance”. The project identified a number of approaches that are being used...
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  • Lead Country:
  • UK (England & Wales)

Linking the Water Framework and IPPC/IE Directives, phase 3

  • Number: 2013/11
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2013
The IPPC Directive 2008/1/EC (now IED 2010/75/EU) and Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC are two of the most wide-reaching items of EU environmental law. They have presented many challenges to the Member States. Installations regulated under IPPC may impact on the water environment, such as through direct or indirect discharges of pollutants, water abstraction, etc. IPPC requires installations to operate to conditions in permits compliant with Best Available Techniques (BAT). They are also required...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Austria

Evaluation of the 2012 IMPEL projects on the inspection IPPC pig farming installations and landfill sites

  • Number: 2013/07
  • Status: Running
  • Period: 2013
In 2009 and 2011-2012 a comparison program on permitting and inspection of IPPC pig farming installations in IMPEL member countries was carried out. The  project focused on five key issues: manure storage, manure spreading, animal housing system, air-abatement systems and odour assessment. The aim of the project in 2009 was to learn from each other, to exchange experiences and identify good practices. During the project a network has been built up using IMPEL's internal project management system...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Netherlands

Waste Sites, phase 2

  • Number: 2012/18
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2012
Under Article 34(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC on waste, establishments or undertakings which carry out waste treatment operations, establishments or undertakings which collect or transport waste on a professional basis, brokers and dealers, and establishments or undertakings which produce hazardous waste shall be subject to appropriate periodic inspections by the competent authorities. Recent discussions in IMPEL-TFS and among high-level inspectors have addressed, among other things, the necessity...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Germany

IMPEL TFS Conference 2012

  • Number: 2012/13
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2012
The projects and activities of IMPEL Cluster 2 are based on the European Waste Shipment Regulation Nº 1013/2006. Being a Regulation and including a cross-border aspect, it is of high importance to have an active and practical European network of inspectors and regulators that meet on a regular basis to exchange practical experiences. Not only environmental inspectors, but also Customs and Police officers and the Judiciary. Ongoing IMPEL-TFS projects continue to show the need for establishing and...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Cluster 2 Secretariat and UK

Doing the Right Things for Waste Shipment Inspections (DTRT-TFS), phase 2

  • Number: 2012/14
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2012
This IMPEL-project explores the usefulness of the DTRT methodology for waste shipment inspections with the ultimate aim of providing a practical tool, based on the DTRT Guidance Book, which can help improve the organisation of waste shipment inspections by competent authorities in the IMPEL member countries. Three competent authorities from...
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  • Lead Country:
  • Netherlands