Iceland is facing court proceedings for not meeting European Economic Area (EEA) waste management targets. However, according to Icelandic professor Guðmundur Kristján Óskarsson, the country’s recycling streams are improving despite infrastructure and sparse population challenges. In April, the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority (ESA) opened two legal proceedings against Iceland for failing to comply with EEA rules on landfill and packaging waste management under the Waste Framework Directive. The ESA monitors compliance with EEA rules in Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
