Mexico's waste imports have nearly doubled in recent years, and most of this waste comes from the United States.
The court case began in 1987, when the Walloon regional government in Belgium sought to block waste imports.
"This can only be because operators think that levels of toxic waste imports will go on increasing".
The decision removed the only Federal restrictions on solid waste imports.
The Polish government reacted by imposing a strict ban on waste imports last July.
You will need to know if the waste import is allowed and, if so, under what controls.
The intimate economy of Agbogbloshie is based on the electronic waste imports and the processing of these goods.
Thus, if we increase disposal bans, we decrease waste imports.
Several midwestern American states and even some countries have tried to ban waste imports.
Under existing EC law, no country has the power to ban waste imports.