The European Waste Management Association (FEAD) has said that the new regulation brings important changes and modernises waste shipments, including the digitalisation of the procedures. Speed, efficiency, transparency and traceability, as a result of digitalisation, are said to be some of the “highest priorities” for the Association.
‘Long and persistent delays’
Within the WSR is a revised regulation, clarifying that a shipment should not be considered illegal if there are “minor clerical errors” in the documents.
However, according to FEAD, “efficient procedures are not only dependent on a good regulation”, but also on “competent authorities with sufficient technical and material means to observe deadlines and process notifications satisfactorily.”
In response to the regulations, FEAD has called for the Member States to ensure that their administrations can process waste shipment notifications in due time, to overcome “long and persistent delays”.
Claudia Mensi, FEAD president, said: ‘The new WSR introduces restrictions for international waste markets, which means that we will keep more of the generated waste within the EU.
“Our role as industry representatives is now to make people understand that such restrictions require improved recycling and waste management capacities, a strong and stable demand for recyclates, and improved procedures for us to be able to process these increased amounts of waste. In addition, a smooth and harmonised implementation of the new WSR by all competent authorities will be essential because a review of is not foreseen until 2035.”
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What is FEAD?
Hi Jesse- FEAD is the European Waste Management Association