A representative of the the Transfrontier Shipments of Waste cluster (TFS) of the IMPEL network, participated in a panel discussion on the illegal export of waste vehicles or end-of-life vehicles, at the 13th International Automobile Recycling Congress (IARC), 13-15 March in Brussels.
At the IARC delegates from industry, authorities and academia discussed and presented news and [...]...
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Members from IMPELs cluster on transfrontier shipments of waste (TFS) participated in a meeting held in Cebu, Philippines, together with representatives from twenty-six countries across Asia-Pacific region, to address the growing challenge in preventing and controlling the international trade in hazardous waste and chemicals.
Maximising upon the severity of the issue, this is a [...]...
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On Monday 12 November 2012, 19 prosecutors from 13 EU Member States and representatives from IMPEL, the Basel Convention Secretariat and Eurojust were welcomed by their colleague and host Antonio Noguera Vercher in the Centro Nacional de Educacion Ambiental (CENEAM) in Valsain, Spain. This was the setting for the first IMPEL TFS Prosecutors workshop on [...]...
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The E-waste Africa Project is a comprehensive programme aiming at enhancing the environmental governance of e-wastes and at creating favorable social and economic conditions for partnerships and small businesses in the recycling sector in Africa. It has been implemented in the framework of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes [...]...
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Improved rules on the collection and treatment of e-waste enter into force today. E-waste (i.e. waste electrical and electronic equipment, or WEEE) is one the fastest growing waste streams, and it offers substantial opportunities in terms of making secondary raw materials available on the market. Systematic collection and proper treatment is a precondition for recycling [...]...
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Stamping out illegal shipment of waste was the subject of a three day conference in Liverpool (UK) that brought together authorities from over 30 countries. The conference, held between 29 and 31 May, was hosted by the Environment Agency for England and Wales and co-organised with the IMPEL network.
100 delegates who represented environmental law authorities [...]...
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