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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