The waste companies’ trade association wants to introduce waste police to prevent, among other things, illegal transport of waste.
This is what Jyllands-Posten writes in an article on Monday.
There is a particular lack of authorities that supervise the waste that crosses national borders, says director of the waste companies branch association, Cirkulær, Jens Bomann Christensen to Jyllands-Posten.
It’s about getting rid of “mafia relations”.
– Illegal waste disposal is often described with the caricature of an Italian mafioso. But it happens all over Europe – also in Denmark. We have to deal with the scale and tighten control and punishment as well as lighten the burden of proof for environmental authorities and the police, says the director of waste to Jyllands-Posten.
In his opinion, the waste police must also check that the handling of soil waste takes place according to the rules.
He says this to Jyllands-Posten and refers to the TV 2 documentary “The Black Swan”, which uncovered criminals who were paid to get rid of dangerously contaminated land outside the rules.
Jens Bomann Christensen imagines that the waste police can function either at state level or across EU countries, the article reads.
A significant part of the waste produced at home is sent abroad to be recycled or burned.
This applies, among other things, to plastics, where half is burned in Denmark and the other half is sent to Germany.
According to Jyllands-Posten, the market for recycled plastic in 2022 was approximately DKK 335 billion.
In Denmark alone, waste is traded for a double-digit billion amount every year, writes Jyllands-Posten.
It is not uncommon for the waste to be traded four or five times or more, the article reads.
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Source: www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk
