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Showing 1 - 10 of 19 resultsLaw 2232 of 2022| 2022 |Legislation
ColombiaWith the goal of safeguarding the fundamental rights to life, health, and enjoyment of a clean environment, measures are hereby established to reduce the production and consumption of single use plastics in the national territory, provisions set forth to permit their eventual substitution by sustainable alternatives as well as their reuse, and complementary measures further established.
KeywordsAlternative plastics and plastic products, Biodegradable plastics, Certification, Circular economy, Eco-design , Economic instruments, Enforcement, Extended Producer Responsibility, Fiscal incentives, Just transition, Labelling, Life-cycle approach, Life-cycle assessment, Lightweight plastic carrier bags, Oxo-degradable plastics, Plastic carrier bags, Plastic packaging, Plastic straws, Product bans, Recycling, Single-use plastic products, Stakeholder engagement, Subsidies, Verification of compliance, Waste management, Waste management hierarchy, Waste pickers, Waste preventionExtended Producer Responsibility Act of 2022 (Republic Act No. 11898).| 2022 |Legislation
PhilippinesThe 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 economyLaw No. 2020-105 of 10 February 2020 on fighting waste and the circular economy| 2020 |Legislation
FranceKeywordsCircular economy, Economic instruments, Extended Producer Responsibility, Life-cycle approach, Recycling, Verification of compliance, Waste preventionEU Directive 2018/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Packaging and Packaging Waste| 2018 |Regulation
European UnionKeywordsBiodegradable plastics, Circular economy, Compostable plastics, Extended Producer Responsibility, Life-cycle approach, Life-cycle assessment, Oxo-degradable plastics, Recyclable packaging, Reusable packaging, Waste management hierarchyDirective (EU) 2018/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 Amending Directive 94/62/EC on Packaging and Packaging Waste| 2018 |Regulation
European UnionKeywordsBiodegradable plastics, Circular economy, Compostable plastics, Extended Producer Responsibility, Life-cycle approach, Life-cycle assessment, Oxo-degradable plastics, Recyclable packaging, Reusable packaging, Waste management hierarchyNigerian Communications Industry E-Waste Regulations| 2018 |Regulation
NigeriaImplementation of EPR for manufacturers, vendors and bulk consumers.
KeywordsCertification, Circular economy, Deposit-refund schemes , Eco-design , Economic instruments, Extended Producer Responsibility, Hazardous waste, Life-cycle approach, Verification of compliance, Waste collection, Waste disposal, Waste management, Waste preventionPresidential Decree No.97/2017 on National Policy & Strategy on Management of Household Waste and Household-like Waste (JAKSTRANAS)| 2017 |Regulation
IndonesiaPresidential Regulation (PERPRES) concerning National Policies and Strategies for the Management of Household Waste and Types of Household Waste
KeywordsLife-cycle approach, Recycling, Waste managementClosing the Loop - An EU action plan for the Circular Economy| 2015 |Legislation
European UnionKeywordsCircular economy, Enforcement, Extended Producer Responsibility, Fiscal incentives, Hazardous waste, Labelling, Life-cycle approach, Plastic wasteEnvironmental Law for the State of Chiapas| 2015 |Legislation
MexicoThis law is of public order, social interest and general observance in the territory of the State of Chiapas; Its purpose is the conservation of biodiversity, restoration of the ecological balance, protection of the environment, the rational use of its resources, education and environmental culture to promote the sustainable development of the State, in accordance with the provisions of the...
KeywordsAlternative plastics and plastic products, Compostable plastics, Life-cycle approach, Plastic carrier bags, Recycling, Single-use plastic products, Waste collection, Waste disposal, Waste managementAct, Reorganising the Law on Closed Cycle Management and Waste| 2012 |Legislation
GermanyKeywordsCircular economy, Hazardous waste, Life-cycle approach, Plastic waste, Waste management hierarchyPagination
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