R. v Ideal Waste Paper Co Ltd & Ors Country/Territory United Kingdom Type of court Others Date Dec 14, 2011 Source UNEP, InforMEA Court name Court of Appeal Seat of court London Judge Pill. Reference number [2011] EWCA Crim 3237 Language English Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Solid waste Food waste Organic waste Waste disposal Transboundary movement of waste Offences/penalties Enforcement/compliance Trade in species Waste domestic sources Waste management Waste non-domestic sources Transport/storage Abstract In the present case the Court of Appeal held that the question whether waste collected from households was still household waste and therefore prohibited from export to China, or whether it had become paper waste (see Annex V Part 3 and List B of part 1 of the EU Regulation), was a question of fact for the jury: We are confident that a judge will be able to give sufficient directions to a jury to enable them to make a decision as to whether a particular consignment is properly described as household waste and for them to perform their task by applying that test to the facts Full text COU-159743.pdf