https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=164659 Imported waste oil containing detectable PCBs was treated as hazardous waste under the stricter national environmental regime, and the precautionary principle supported destruction by incineration where prolonged storage, leakage risk and deterioration made safe handling necessary. A separately identified consignment with heavy metals within recycling limits and no established PCB or organic halide contamination was considered suitable for recycling, with incineration as the fallback if recycling was not taken up in time. The polluter pays principle was applied to require the importers to bear the costs of testing and disposal, reflecting environmental responsibility for the illegal import and resulting risk. en-us Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:38:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=164659 Imported waste oil containing detectable PCBs was treated as hazardous waste under the stricter national environmental regime, and the precautionary principle supported destruction by incineration where prolonged storage, leakage risk and deterioration made safe handling necessary. A separately identified consignment with heavy metals within recycling limits and no established PCB or organic halide contamination was considered suitable for recycling, with incineration as the fallback if recycling was not taken up in time. The polluter pays principle was applied to require the importers to bear the costs of testing and disposal, reflecting environmental responsibility for the illegal import and resulting risk. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=164659