12/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - The new EU regulation on cross-border shipment of waste, adopted last year, comes into force on 12 July 2007 to ensure that waste is properly handled from the time it is shipped to the time it is disposed of or recovered at destination. To achieve its objectives the regulation reinforces and clarifies the current legal framework for waste shipment within the EU and with non-EU countries. It bans the export of hazardous waste and waste for disposal to certain...