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ARCHIVE: International shipments of waste

Shipments of waste to, from and through the UK are subject to a range of legal controls. The relevant controls depend upon the nature of the waste being moved, whether the waste is moving for recovery or disposal and where in the world the waste is moving from, to and through.

  • 8 August 2007: summary of responses to a consultation on the review of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations and the UK Management Plan for Exports and Imports of Waste

Certain shipments of waste from and to the UK are absolutely prohibited, for example exports of any type of waste for disposal. Others waste movements may only take place legally if strict written pre-notification procedures are followed – many types of waste arising from industrial processes and going for recovery fall within this category where the waste concerned is considered hazardous. Some wastes considered non-hazardous within the UK can also be subject to these types of control.

Advice on the controls that apply should be sought from the appropriate UK competent authority:

England & wales

 

Environment Agency
TFS National Service
Richard Fairclough House
Knutsford Road
Warrington
Cheshire, WA4 1HG

Tel: 01925 542265
Email: tfsns@environment-agency.gov.uk

Scotland

  

Scottish Environmental Protection
East Region
Clearwater House
Heriot Watt Research Park
Avenue North
Riccarton
Edinburgh, EH14 4AP

Tel: 0131 449 7296

Northern Ireland

 

Hazardous Waste/TFS Section
Land and Resource Management Unit
Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Floor 1 
Klondyke Building
Cromac Avenue
Gasworks Business Park
Lower Ormeau Road
Belfast
BT7 2JA

Tel: 028 90 569 742

Contacts

Any queries about the information on these web-pages should be sent to: waste.management@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Further information

Page last modified: 1 September 2010
Page published: 5 February 2003