Pilot project on the transboundary movement of municipal solid waste between Canada and the United States : Transboundary movement of municipal solid waste between Canada and the United States

"During 2005, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada worked cooperatively on a Pilot Project ("Pilot") to test the implementation of the notice-and-consent provisions for the import and export of municipal solid waste (MSW) as anticipated in the Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste. Since the U.S. does not have the authority and Canada is in the process of developing regulations to implement the MSW provisions of the Bilateral Agreement, the Pilot Project established a voluntary notice and feedback process to provide information on MSW shipments from Canada to the United States based on current procedures used for hazardous waste. This report analyzes the experiences of the governments and stakeholders during the Pilot Project and provides recommendations to be considered in the future development of a MSW export, import and transit notice-and-consent program that meets all the provisions of the Bilateral Agreement"--