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Showing 21 - 24 of 24 resultsWaste Management (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations, 2006 (L.N. 277 of 2006).| 2006 |Regulation
MaltaThese Regulations provide additional measures, procedures and guidance to those laid down in the Waste Management (Permit and Control) Regulations, 2001, which aim, as a first priority, at preventing the production of packaging waste and, as additional fundamental principles, at reusing packaging, at recycling and other forms of recovering packaging waste and, hence, at reducing the final disposal...
KeywordsDeposit-refund schemes , Plastic carrier bags, Plastic packaging, Plastic waste, Recycling, Waste managementSpecial Fund (Waste Material Recovery) Act 2004.| 2004 |Legislation
KiribatiThis Act empowers the Minister responsible for environment to levy deposits in respect of prescribed materials for waste material recovery and provides for the establishment of the Waste Material Recovery Fund. The Minister, acting in accordance with the advice of the Cabinet, may, by Order, make provision as to the classes of materials for recovery in respect of which deposits are to be levied...
KeywordsDeposit-refund schemes , Economic instruments, Fines, Levies, Taxes, Waste managementSolid Waste Law for Mexico City| 2003 |Legislation
MexicoLa presente Ley es de observancia en el Distrito Federal, sus disposiciones son de orden público e interés social, y tiene por objeto regular la gestión integral de los residuos sólidos considerados como no peligrosos, así como la prestación del servicio público de limpia.
KeywordsDeposit-refund schemes , Life-cycle approach, Microplastics, Plastic carrier bags, Recycling, Waste collection, Waste disposal, Waste managementAct No. 185/2001 Coll., Waste Act| 2001 |Legislation
CzechiaKeywordsDeposit-refund schemes , Hazardous waste, Labelling, Plastic packaging, Plastic waste, Waste preventionPagination
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