The European Commission (EC) has received requests from Nigeria and 23 other non members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), for inclusion on the list of countries eligible to import non-hazardous waste from the European Union (EU).
Non-hazardous waste represents 95.6 per cent of solid waste produced in Europe. It includes municipal solid waste (packaging, clothing, bottles, paper, cardboard and plastics, among others).
Others are demolition waste with inert materials like concrete, bricks, stones, and food waste.
In a statement yesterday, the European Commission confirmed that Nigeria and 23 others became the first non-OECD countries that met the February 21 deadline for inclusion in non-hazardous waste imports.
Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, El Salvador, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, North-Macedonia, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Taiwan1, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Ukraine and Vietnam also applied for inclusion.
