<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">European Union lawmakers and member states have reached a deal to revise the bloc's waste shipment regulation and end exports of certain types of waste to third countries that are unable to process it properly.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The EU Parliament said today that exports of certain non-hazardous wastes will be allowed only to those non-OECD countries that fulfill the criteria to treat such waste in an environmental friendly manner.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">It said, EU countries must stop shipping plastic waste to poorer nations, within two and a half years of the legislation coming into force. The Parliament said that rules for plastic waste exports will also be tightened.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">It added that compliance with international workers' rights would also be taken into account.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The European Commission in 2021 proposed a revamp of EU rules on waste shipments to make it harder for member states to offload their trash into poorer countries.</span></p>