WSR definition of transport of waste destined for recovery or disposal across specified cross-border situations.
Shipment is the central evidence object for the Waste Shipment Regulation. It ties the waste stream, transport movement, dispatch/destination/transit geography, competent authorities, consent route, and receiving facility into one traceable movement record.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 on shipments of waste
a transport of waste destined for recovery or disposal from the location from which the transport starts until the receipt of the waste by the facility that carries out the disposal or recovery in the country of destination and which is carried out or planned to be carried out: (a)between a country and another country; (b)between a country and an overseas country or territory or other area under that country’s protection; (c)between a country and any geographic area which is not part of any country under international law; (d)between a country and the Antarctic; (e)from one country through any of the areas referred to in points (a) to (d); (f)within a country through any of the areas referred to in points (a) to (d) and which originates in and ends in that same country; or (g)from a geographic area not under the national jurisdiction of any country, to a country
Reference: Article 3, point 25
Implementation records should capture shipment ID, waste code/material, dispatch location, route, countries of dispatch/destination/transit, notifier or arranger, consignee, competent authorities, notification/consent or information requirements, carrier/transport events, facility receipt, and recovery/disposal outcome.
For Minespider, WSR terms should turn waste movement into auditable objects: waste batch, shipment, notifier or arranger, consignee, authority route, consent state, and facility receipt.