The digitalisation of the EU’s administrative procedures for transfrontier waste shipments as of 21 May is intended to enable better monitoring and streamline processes for authorities and businesses. In the view of the Italian recovered paper association Unirima, however, obligatory registration for the EU’s Digital Waste Shipment System (Diwass) platform will lead to more rather than less bureaucratic hassle.
Simultaneously, the association contends that recovered paper exporters in Italy are not required to use the platform, as the material they are shipping is no longer waste under domestic law....
