We asked the Agency about its efforts to stop illegal exports and its performance in doing so. In response, the Agency highlighted the waste it successfully prevents being illegally exported, saying it prevented about 18,000 tonnes last year.84 Over the five years to 2020–21, on average two-thirds of the waste the Agency stopped was intercepted at the originating waste site; the Agency’s estimate of the revenue to the economy from the waste it stops at site averages £1.3 million per year over...

We asked the Agency about its efforts to stop illegal exports and its performance in doing so. In response, the Agency highlighted the waste it successfully prevents being illegally exported, saying it prevented about 18,000 tonnes last year.84 Over the five years to 2020–21, on average two-thirds of the waste the Agency stopped was intercepted at the originating waste site; the Agency’s estimate of the revenue to the economy from the waste it stops at site averages £1.3 million per year over this period.85 The other third of the waste the Agency stopped was at intercepted at ports; in this period the Agency inspected around 1,100 containers Type: conclusion | Number: 24 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 6. PAC conclusion: We are concerned that the Agency is not doing enough to prevent the illegal export of waste. 6. PAC recommendation: The Agency should write to us within six weeks setting out what actions would be required to enable it to understand the true sca