WASTE SHIPMENTS
March 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLNATIONAL regulatory authorities in the European Union have the power to decide whether the cross-border transport of waste to infill a disused mine is, in effect, underground landfilling, and so should be subject to tight EU rules regulating such shipments.By contrast, ruled the European Court of Justice, public regulators also have the authority to approve such deliveries as legitimate recovery operations, where waste is used in place of virgin raw materials, conserving resources and looser rules on cross-border transports apply.The court had ...
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