The body, which is responsible for enforcing EU laws, said the new rules are designed to promote the circular economy and tackle the export of illegal waste.
Under the proposals, waste exports to non-OECD countries will be restricted and only allowed if third countries are willing to receive certain wastes and are able to manage them sustainably.
Waste shipments to OECD countries will also be monitored and can be suspended if they generate serious environmental problems in the country of destination.
Under the proposal, all EU companies that export waste outside the EU should ensure that the facilities receiving their waste are subject to an independent audit showing that they manage this waste in an environmentally sound manner.
In January 2018, China, which was formerly responsible for processing nearly half of the world’s recyclable waste in the previous two decades, stopped accepting plastic waste from other nations as its facilities struggled with...