Commission study urges for waste implementation agency

A European waste implementation agency should be established in order to improve waste management and reduce illegal activities, claims a European Commission study. It estimated that if EU waste legislation was fully implemented, it would reduce emissions by almost 200 million tonnes of CO2 a year. An agency, which the Commission estimates would cost €16m a year to run, would review enforcement systems in Member States and coordinate controls and inspection activities.

An in-depth cost-benefit analysis will be carried out this year and further recommendations may be proposed during 2011.
The revised final report can be found here:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/pdf/report_waste_dec09.pdf