The OECD Database on Transboundary Movements of Wastes Destined for Recovery Operations includes relevant information to complete the forms for notification and movement documents required by national competent authorities; and is updated by the OECD. 

The database is divided into two parts: 

• Part one includes contact details of competent authorities and pre-consented recovery facilities;
• Part two outlines pre-consented waste details, including the waste name and code, the type of recovery operation applied, the type of technology used, the validity of the pre-consent and the quantity of waste concerned.   

NOTE: Click on the arrows below the interface to switch between (i) Competent Authorities and Recovery Facilities and (ii) Pre-consented Waste Details.

Established by the OECD Council Decision [OECD/LEGAL/0266], the OECD Control System for waste recovery facilitates the trade of recyclables in an environmentally sound and economically efficient manner. It uses a simplified procedure and a risk-based approach to assess the necessary level of control for materials. Wastes exported outside the OECD area – whether for recovery or final disposal – do not benefit from this simplified control procedure. 
 
The OECD Control System is based on two types of control procedures:

1. Green Control Procedure: Wastes presenting low risk for human health and the environment. These are not subject to any other controls than those normally applied in commercial transactions

2. Amber Control Procedure: Wastes presenting sufficient risk to justify their control.

Wastes subject to control procedures are listed in Appendices 3 and 4 to the OECD Council Decision: the Green and Amber lists of wastes. The controls of waste shipments are carried out by national authorities and Customs Offices as appropriate. The decision came into effect on 1st of January 2021. 

 Since March 1992, transboundary movements of wastes destined for recovery operations between member countries of the OECD have been supervised and controlled under a specific intra-OECD Control System.