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The Future Of Europe Lies In Waste, Daniel W. Simcox

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This Note suggests that waste issues provide valuable insight into the European Community. As the Community has developed more fully into a common market, the movement of waste across national borders has caused concern in some member states. Waste has flowed from states with more restrictive environmental standards to those with less restrictive standards. In some states, the perceived increase in waste importation gave rise to public outcry for laws that banned any further waste importation.

After illustrating the problems by discussing a waste crisis in Belgium, this Note examines the European Community's response to such problems. This study reveals …