{"id":7415,"date":"2022-09-23T22:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T20:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=7415"},"modified":"2022-11-18T15:31:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T14:31:50","slug":"disagreements-over-the-eus-waste-shipment-regulation-lead-to-uncertainty-about-a-sustainable-future-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/7415\/disagreements-over-the-eus-waste-shipment-regulation-lead-to-uncertainty-about-a-sustainable-future-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased regulations lead to disagreements in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
The EU has proposed an innovative and bold new regulation on waste disposal \u2013 but is this regulation creating more restrictions on the people of Europe than it is helping?<\/p>\n
The new regulation is the Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR). The WSR was proposed in November 2021 by the EU, in order to meet sustainability targets established in the European Green Deal. The WSR intends to tackle the export of illegal waste outside the EU and to focus on facilitating waste shipments within the EU.<\/p>\n
The goals of the WSR sound promising; they aim to create a future within the EU where the economy remains circular and at the same time the environment can recover from the effects of climate change. Goals like this are supported by many environmental groups, such as Amelisweerd niet Geasfalteerd<\/em>. Jente ten Napel from Amelisweerd niet Geasfalteerd<\/em> believes that environmental regulations are important in order to ensure a sustainable future for not only the Netherlands, but all of Europe.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you have a certain amount of wealth, as our country does, you can afford to think about the world around you\u201d, said Jente.<\/p>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2022\/09\/306550685_794517581757683_8263179949522073816_n-scaled.jpg” panorama=”off” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionsrc=”custom” caption=”A person walks through the trees at Amelisweerd.” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n According to Jente, policies and regulations created by the EU are important not only to protect forests such as Amelisweerd \u2013 which is the main aim of the Amelisweerd niet Geasfalteerd<\/em> group \u2013 but to create a sustainable future in all sectors, including recycling and waste.<\/p>\n While environmental groups and activists may be in agreeance with the ideas behind the WSR, those in the recycling and waste industry see many issues with the regulation.<\/p>\n