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Showing 1 - 10 of 827 resultsThe Environment Act, no. 3 of 2024.| 2024 |Legislation
MauritiusThis Act, divided into eighteen Parts, and consisting of 151 sections, provides for a modern legislative framework that ensures better protection, management and conservation of the environment. The Act defines the following relevant terms: accredited laboratory, to provide environmental data and conduct analyses of environmental samples; Central Water Authority; circular economy; climate change...
Legislation | 2024 |Bundesgesetz ber eine nachhaltige Abfallwirtschaft (Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz 2002 AWG 2002)
AustriaAustria Bundesgesetz ber eine nachhaltige Abfallwirtschaft (Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz 2002 AWG 2002) Act 102 of 2002 Published on 16 Juli 2002 Commenced [This is the version of this document at 1 April 2024.] Abschnitt 1. Allgemeine Bestimmungen § 1. Ziele und Grundsätze (1) Die Abfallwirtschaft ist im Sinne des Vorsorgeprinzips und der Nachhaltigkeit danach auszurichten, dass 1. schädliche oder...
Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2024.| 2024 |Regulation
IndiaThese Rules amend the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 (principal Rules). Section 3 of the principal Rules are amended by substituting the definitions for phrases such as Biodegradable plastics, Importer, manufacturer and producer. The definition of seller is inserted. Rule 4 is amended which prohibits manufacturers from selling plastic used as raw material to a producer or seller not...
Legislation | 2024 |Directive on Waste and Repealing Certain Directives
European UnionEuropean Union Directive on Waste and Repealing Certain Directives Directive 98-EC of 2008 Published in Official Journal of the European Union on 22 November 2008 Assented to on 19 November 2008 Commenced [This is the version of this document at 18 February 2024.] Chapter I Subject matter, scope and definitions Article 1 – Subject matter and scope This Directive lays down measures to protect the...
Case study | 2023Dar es Salaam Metropolitan Development Project Phase 2The objective of the Second Phase of the Dar Es Salaam Metropolitan Development Project for Tanzania is to improve climate resilient urban infrastructure and services and strengthen institutional capacity in the Dar es Salaam Region. The second component is the integrated solid waste management infrastructure and services. This component includes four subcomponents: waste disposal, waste transfer...CountryUnited Republic of Tanzania
Legislation | 2023 |Verpackungsgesetz
GermanyGermany Verpackungsgesetz Published on 5 Juli 2017 Commenced [This is the version of this document at 25 Oktober 2023.] Dieses Gesetzes dient der Umsetzung der Richtlinie 94/62/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 20. Dezember 1994 über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (ABl. L 365 vom 31.12.1994, S. 10), die zuletzt durch die Richtlinie 2015/720/EU (ABl. L 115 vom 6.5.2015, S. 11)...
Legislation | 2023 |Avfallsforskriften
NorwayNorway Avfallsforskriften Act 930 of 2004 Published in Norwegian Law Journal 739 Commenced on 1 July 2004 [This is the version of this document at 11 August 2023.] Hjemmel: Fastsatt av Miljoverndepartementet (na Klimaog miljodepartementet) 1. juni 2004 med hjemmel i lov 11. juni 1976 nr. 79om kontroll med produkter og forbrukertjenester (produktkontrolloven) § 4, jf. delegeringsvedtak 5. august...
Legislation | 2023 |Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations
CanadaCanada Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations Regulations SOR-138 of 2022 Commenced [This is the version of this document at 25 July 2023.] Whereas, pursuant to subsection 332(1) a of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 b , the Minister of the Environment published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on December 25, 2021, a copy of the...
Legislation | 2023 |National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008
South AfricaSouth Africa National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 Act 59 of 2008 Published in Government Gazette 32000 on 10 March 2009 Assented to on 6 March 2009 Commenced on 1 July 2009 [This is the version of this document from 30 June 2023.] [Amended by National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act 14 of 2013) on 24 July 2013 ] [Amended by National Environmental Management...
Report | 2023Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economyThe report proposes a systems change to address the causes of plastic pollution, starting by reducing problematic and unnecessary plastic use, redesigning the system, products and their packaging and combining these with a market transformation towards circularity in plastics. This can be achieved by accelerating three key shifts – reorient and diversify, reuse, and recycle, …
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