The European Commission referred Slovenia and Romania to the Court of Justice of the EU on Thursday 27 April for failure to comply with EU waste legislation. Slovenia has been referred over illegal landfills and Romania for not having a national strategy on waste.
Directive 1999/31/EC requires member states to recover and dispose of waste in a manner that does not endanger human health and the environment, prohibiting the abandonment, dumping or uncontrolled disposal of waste. Sub-standard...