Illegal Transnational Shipment of Waste in the EU: Culprits and Collaborators in Germany and the Czech Republic

VAIL, Benjamin Jeremiah. Illegal Transnational Shipment of Waste in the EU: Culprits and Collaborators in Germany and the Czech Republic. Environmental politics. London: Frank Cass, 2008, vol. 17, No 5, p. 828-834. ISSN 0964-4016.

Basic information

Original name

Illegal Transnational Shipment of Waste in the EU: Culprits and Collaborators in Germany and the Czech Republic

Name in Czech

Illegal Transnational Shipment of Waste in the EU: Culprits and Collaborators in Germany and the Czech Republic

Authors

VAIL, Benjamin Jeremiah (840 United States of America, guarantor)

Edition

Environmental politics, London, Frank Cass, 2008, 0964-4016

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.933

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/08:00034231

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

UT WoS

000260572000010

Keywords in English

Czech Republic; Germany; European Union; Environmental Sociology; Waste management

Tags

Czech Republic, Environmental Sociology, European Union, Germany, waste management

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

In autumn 2005 and winter 2006, the United Authorities began DISCOVERING Significant Amounts of Municipal Solid Waste Imported from Germany illegally and improperly deposited in so-Called 'Black dumps'. The Endangered waste the environment and public health by threatening to pollute the soil, water, and air. While detection of Illegal waste transports to the Czech Republic declined in 2007, the regulation of cross-border waste Shipment is a Continuing public policy question for European Countries. This article describes European Union, United and German waste policies, and explains the history of Illegal Waste Shipment from Germany. The article concludes That Illegal waste shipments from Germany to the Czech Republic and predictable Were result of Economic Incentives Driven by strict waste treatment flawed Rules and Law Enforcement. Such transnational Illegal waste shipments are not a New Phenomenon in the European Union.

In Czech

In the autumn of 2005 and the following winter, the Czech authorities have revealed a significant amount of municipal waste illegally imported from Germany and inappropriately stored in the so-called black landfill. These wastes threaten both the environment and human health through contamination of soil, water and air. In 2007, reduce the amount of illegal imports of waste into the Czech Republic, however, regulate the transboundary movement of waste remains a matter of public policy of the European countries. This article describes the waste policy in the Czech Republic, Germany and at European Union level, and illuminates the history of illegal transportation of waste from Germany. We conclude that the illegal importation of waste from Germany to the Czech Republic was a foreseeable consequence of the economic incentives created by strong regulatory policy, waste management in Germany and lack of enforcement of the law. Such illegal movements of waste in the European Union not a novelty.