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Nine charged with exporting illegal e-waste
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Environment Agency uncovers network allegedly dumping waste electricals in West Africa
BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, 08 Oct 2010
Nine people have been charged today with illegally exporting electrical waste as part of the Environment Agency's latest crackdown.
Over the course of a two-year investigation, officers from the Environment Agency's National Environmental Crime Team uncovered a network of individuals, waste companies and export businesses allegedly making considerable sums of money from exporting electrical waste to West Africa, thereby avoiding the cost of treating it in the UK.
Under EU law introduced to stop potentially hazardous electronic equipment being sent for disposal in unsafe conditions in developing countries, it is illegal to send broken electrical equipment overseas.
The nine people have been charged with offences under the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 and European Waste Shipment Regulations 2006 and bailed to attend Havering Magistrates' Court on 11 November.
Andy Higham, the Environment Agency's crime team manager, said there is evidence to suggest that illegally exported electrical waste from the UK is still ending up at waste sites in Africa, endangering the health of people working in and around those sites.
"Exporters of broken electricals put at risk the lives of those who work on waste sites in developing countries," he said. "These are often children who are paid a pittance to dismantle products containing hazardous waste. Illegal exporters also avoid the costs of recycling in the UK and undermine law-abiding business."
The agency's crime time is currently conducting 18 investigations into the illegal export of waste, half of which are in relation to electrics.
In July, it secured its first successful prosecution for the illegal export of electrical waste and a further four prosecutions are listed to appear in court over the next few weeks.
However, critics maintain that the illegal export of hazardous e-waste remains a major global problem and have repeatedly called on the government to step up efforts to enforce hazardous waste regulations.
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Nine charged with exporting illegal e-waste
{不法電子廃棄物を国外に輸送したとして、９人が起訴される}
Environment Agency uncovers network allegedly dumping waste electricals in West Africa
BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen, 08 Oct 2010
Nine people have been charged today with illegally exporting electrical waste as part of the Environment Agency's latest crackdown.
Over the course of a two-year investigation, officers from the Environment Agency's National Environmental Crime Team uncovered a network of individuals, waste companies and export businesses allegedly making considerable sums of money from exporting electrical waste to West Africa, thereby avoiding the cost of treating it in the UK.
Under EU law introduced to stop potentially hazardous electronic equipment being sent for disposal in unsafe conditions in developing countries, it is illegal to send broken electrical equipment overseas.
The nine people have been charged with offences under the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007 and European Waste Shipment Regulations 2006 and bailed to attend Havering Magistrates' Court on 11 November.
Andy Higham, the Environment Agency's crime team manager, said there is evidence to suggest that illegally exported electrical waste from the UK is still ending up at waste sites in Africa, endangering the health of people working in and around those sites.
"Exporters of broken electricals put at risk the lives of those who work on waste sites in developing countries," he said. "These are often children who are paid a pittance to dismantle products containing hazardous waste. Illegal exporters also avoid the costs of recycling in the UK and undermine law-abiding business."
The agency's crime time is currently conducting 18 investigations into the illegal export of waste, half of which are in relation to electrics.
In July, it secured its first successful prosecution for the illegal export of electrical waste and a further four prosecutions are listed to appear in court over the next few weeks.
However, critics maintain that the illegal export of hazardous e-waste remains a major global problem and have repeatedly called on the government to step up efforts to enforce hazardous waste regulations.
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