Press release 55/2008 from 24.07.2008 | Last changed: 19.07.2013
Import of waste subject to authorisation rose in 2007
… a two-year decline, imports have resumed their climb despite the ban on storage of organic wastes that entered into force in 2005. However, this volume is still below … waste to states that are not members of the industrialised nations within the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is prohibited. There … The relatively high export volume at present owes largely to the ban on storage of organic waste in landfills which went into effect in 2005. More detailed statistics …