If you ship waste without the correct permissions, you are committing a criminal offence.

The move could shut down the Federal Government's only plutonium processing plant, near Denver, which had been shipping waste to an Idaho site.

"Riding the waves Shipping waste from Europe to China."

At one point, the treaty called for signatories to prohibit exporters from shipping hazardous waste to countries that have less strict waste-disposal policies.

When used to ship hazardous waste or dangerous goods, box construction and use are highly regulated.

Garner runs the facility that builds metal and plastic containers used to ship and store nuclear waste.

Hungary and Bulgaria currently ship nuclear waste to Russia.

If you are intending to ship waste from the UK to another country, see our guide:

The three countries routinely ship waste across borders for cheaper and more convenient disposal.

Since then $1 billion has been spent to clean up the plant, mostly for decontaminating water, shipping waste and removing fuel from the damaged reactor core.