Shipment of waste

Legislation on shipment of waste
Shipment of waste is regulated in the EU regulation 1013/2006, which is the European Union implementation of The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal.

How to apply for shipment of waste
If you want to transport waste to or from Denmark it is important, that you are aware of the procedures for greenlistet waste and waste that has to be notified.

Enforcement of shipment of waste in Denmark
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency is the competent authority in enforcing the rules of shipment of waste in Denmark.

Case processing time

After the notification has been submitted to The Danish Environmental Protection Agency, we expect to begin the case processing within approximately 5 weeks.

When the case processing has started, it can take up to 14 days before we contact you.

The fee for case processing

The fee for case processing of a notification in Denmark in 2023 is 34.017 DKK