Court of Auditors criticizes lack of haz • Table.Briefings

The EU has a toxic waste problem, criticizes the European Court of Auditors. EU states are steadily producing more hazardous waste. There is no clear strategy for its disposal. Meanwhile, Parliament is debating the reform of the Waste Shipment Regulation. An overview.

More and more toxic waste is being produced in the EU. This is the result of a report presented by the European Court of Auditors. According to the report, there has been a 23 percent increase, from around 81 million tons in 2004 to 102 million tons in 2018, with Germany just behind the EU average with an increase of 21 percent. In the Federal Republic, 292 kilos per capita of toxic waste are produced annually. By comparison, in Denmark the figure was 361 kilos per capita (up 512 percent).

Court of Auditors criticizes lack of hazardous waste tracking

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