A leading figure in progressing the European Union’s Ship Recycling Regulation (SRR) has raised concerns over shortfalls in the applications of some Indian yards hoping to be approved to recycle European-flag ships.
Emilien Gasc, a waste management policy officer at the European Commission, said he had seen the “good, bad and ugly” in applications from 11 breaking yards in India, seven facilities in Turkey, four Chinese complexes and two recyclers in the US.
