This report focusing on waste shipment legislation has been prepared as part of the NOWA – Nordic Waste Management Vision project funded by Interreg Aurora Programme. The report, including interviews, was carried out during autumn 2024 – early 2025 and has been prepared in cooperation with NOWA project partners and is part of a series of reports produces in the project.

The NOWA project selected three waste fractions for investigation: hard plastics, incineration ash and food waste. The legislation and other information have been selected for this report at a general level, considering the selected waste streams and target countries as well as the recovery of waste (not disposal). The report brings together international and Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian national legislation, as well as other agreements, decisions, and target programs that also have an impact on future waste shipments.

Read the report and the country specific attachments below!