From 21 May, companies and competent authorities will have to exchange documents and information about transfrontier waste shipments within the EU digitally rather than use the current paper-based procedures. However, the new platform created to manage these exchanges, the European Commission’s Digital Waste Shipments System (Diwass), is not yet fully operational.
Eight European associations from the recycling, waste management, glass, copper and plastics sectors have already called on the Commission to postpone the system’s launch by one year. The European paper industry has also approached the Commission with its concerns regarding the state of preparations, Jori Ringman, director general of CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries), said last week at the presentation of the organisation's preliminary statistics for 2025.
"It is the same development as with the European Deforestation Regulation; our companies are getting ready, they are having to apply the new tools and comply, but the system that the EU has put in place is not ready," Mr Ringman said. ...
