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Showing 1 - 10 of 821 resultsLegislationMauritius
This 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...
KeywordsImpacts, Plastic waste, Waste, Circular economy, Pollutants, Hazardous waste, Integrated coastal zone management, Dumping, Open dumpingRegulationIndiaThese 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...
KeywordsPlastic waste, Waste management, Plastic packaging, Plastics, Biodegradable plastics, Compostable plastics, Extended Producer Responsibility, Waste, Recycling, Certification, Single-use plastic products, Labelling, Plastic sheetsCase 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 TanzaniaReport | 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, …KeywordsPlastic pollution, Circular economyLegislationMauritiusThis Act, consisting of 55 articles and divided into nine Parts, provides for a regulatory framework in order to ensure the environmentally safe and sound management of solid and hazardous wastes and a sustainable waste management system through the adoption of a circular economy approach focusing on waste reduction, reuse, material recovery and recycling. The Act concerns: commercial waste; waste...
KeywordsWaste, Waste management, Hazardous waste, Domestic waste, Recycling, Resource recovery, Waste prevention, Circular economy, Reuse, Waste minimization, Impacts, Waste management facilitiesE-Learning course | 2023Plastic Waste and the Basel ConventionThere is no consolidated ‘one-stop-shop’ that Basel Convention Focal Points, Competent Authorities and other stakeholders can rely on to gain a comprehensive understanding of the steps needed and the tools and guidance available to ensure prevention and minimization, environmentally sound management and control of transboundary movement of plastic waste. This course aims to fill this gap.KeywordsPlastic waste, Transboundary movement of plastic wasteRegulationEuropean UnionKeywordsEnforcement, Exempted products, Hazardous waste, Labelling, Regulatory impact assessments, Toxic waste, Verification of complianceReport | 2022Single-use supermarket food packaging and its alternatives: Recommendations from Life Cycle AssessmentsThis report compares the environmental impacts of single-use plastic packaging versus alternative options for supermarket food, intended for home consumption. The report is part of a series of meta-analyses of Life cycle assessment (LCA) studies that provides recommendations to policy makers on alternatives to commonly used single-use plastic products. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a…KeywordsLife-cycle assessmentRegulationUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandPart 2 of the Finance Act 2021 introduced the Plastic Packaging Tax and set out its framework and key definitions. These Regulations set out detailed administrative requirements for the Plastic Packaging Tax. Definitions are given to establish when a plastic packaging component is considered ‘finished,’ and therefore chargeable to the tax. It also details record keeping and weighing requirements...
KeywordsPlastic packaging, Recyclable packaging, Reusable packaging, Single-use plastic products, TaxesLegislationPhilippinesThe Republic Act No. 11898, which amends Republic Act No. 9003, focuses on extended producer responsibility for plastic packaging waste in the Philippines. The Act aims to enhance waste management practices by holding producers accountable for the entire life cycle of their products, promoting waste reduction, recovery, and recycling. It establishes a national framework for extended producer...
KeywordsExtended Producer Responsibility, Waste management, Recycling, Waste, Plastic packaging, Solid waste, Plastics, Life cycle, Waste minimization, Resource recovery, Labelling, Recyclability, Reuse, Circular economyPagination
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