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Transfrontier shipment of e-waste

  • Number: 2010/18
  • Status: Finalised
  • Period: 2010/11
  • Lead Country: UK - England & Wales

  • Project team countries:
    UK, Slovakia, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Republic of Ireland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Estonia and Austria.

  • Participating countries:
    UK, Slovakia, Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Republic of Ireland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Estonia and Austria.

Executive Summary

The legitimate, safe disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) has been a problem for many countries for a number of years with catastrophic consequences to the health and well being of human beings and significant degradation to the environment particularly in the developing nations. A plethora of International Laws and Regulations have so far failed to regulate the global market in which unscrupulous operators are able to profit from disposing of e-waste cheaply and illegally abroad instead of taking the environmentally responsible but more expensive option of full recycling to remove and neutralise toxic materials. This project has sought to help participating member states better understand their own contribution to this problem and how they might tackle the problem of illegal e-waste exports more effectively.



Project description

The main objectives of this project were to:

  • To deliver an up to date threat assessment that identifies how effectively the WEEE Directive is being implemented in Member States and the risks e-waste exports pose to the EU
  • To understand the scope and scale of the e-waste export trade in Europe, who is involved and what happens to shipments leaving Europe and what the problems are that occur in the countries of destination
  • To develop and provide to IMPEL TFS members a control and intervention strategy that effectively manages e-waste exports to enable consistent compliance with the WEEE Directive and WSR across Europe
  • To implement the control and intervention strategy across Europe in a coordinated manner to reduce gaps and loopholes that can result in illegal shipments leaving Europe
  • To test the effectiveness of the control strategy through a programme of waste facility audits, port inspections in Europe and through communication with competent authorities in countries of destination of e-waste exports
IMPEL Final Report Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Inspection and sampling procedures A guide to the National Intelligence Model Conducting a Threat Assessment into the illegal export of waste