Waste can have economic value and can be a useful source of raw
materials, however not all Countries can provide environmentally
sound management of waste within their territory. This is the
case for Malta, a Small State that does not have the technical
capacity and the necessary facilities, capacity or suitable
disposal sites in order to dispose of certain categories of
waste in an environmentally sound and efficient manner; hence
the need to provide the possibility for the shipment of waste
from one country to another. This is known as Transfrontier
Shipment of Waste (TFS). Waste shipment provides an option for
valorising waste and for attaining environmentally sound
management of waste. Nevertheless, such transboundary movements
of waste from one country to another, often passing through
other countries in the process, pose a potential threat to human
health and the environment, and therefore need to be controlled.
There are many records of wastes being dumped in countries that
were not capable to handle t