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Import of waste requiring authorisation continues at high rate
The import of wastes requiring authorisation remained high in 2009, in a pattern similar to previous years. Total volume was 7.6 milllion tonnes (mn t) and increased mainly due to a large construction site on the German-Austrian border (Figure 1). Exports, in contrast, declined by about 20 percent and amounted to only 1.2 mn t. The share of hazardous waste also decreased, as exports amounted to a mere 160,000 t (30 percent decrease), and exports stood at three mn t (seven percent below 2008). There are no known illegal transports of any significance recorded in 2009. read more
