EC takes lead on scrapping issues

The European Commission plans several initiatives to ensure ships exported to Asia for scrap are clean of hazardous materials. Margot Wallstrom, EU commissioner for the environment, will write to ministers of all European countries to encourage the forceful implementation of existing European legislation covering waste shipments. She points out that ...

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