National Repatriation of Illegal Waste Shipments Framework 2

The purpose of this contract is to enable the Environment Agency to meet its statutory obligations: - ensuring that waste which has been illegally exported from England, or - shipments which cannot be completed as planned, or - shipments which cannot be completed in accordance with a consignment note or a contract, is returned and managed in England within statutory timescales.

The Agency's obligations arise as soon as it is informed of an illegal export or a shipment which cannot be completed. This information is generally provided to the Agency by a third party such as the competent authority in the country to which the waste has been illegally exported.