Environment Agency Consults on Waste Shipment Charges

Source: https://resource.co/article/environment-agency-consults-waste-shipment-charges

Author: Savannah Coombe

The Environment Agency has launched a public consultation on updating current charges for regulating notified international waste shipments.  It intends the new scheme to be more reflective of and proportionate to the activities the Environment Agency carries out. Currently, the cost of the Agency’s regulatory activities is greater than the fees it charges to waste importers and exporters.