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Regulation
| 2018 |
Spain
Real Decreto Nº 293/2018 - Medidas para reducir el consumo de bolsas de plástico y por el que se crea el Registro de Productores.

El presente Real Decreto tiene por objeto adoptar medidas para reducir el consumo de bolsas de plástico, con la finalidad de prevenir y reducir los impactos adversos que los residuos generados por dichas bolsas de plástico producen en el medio ambiente, con especial atención al daño ocasionado a los ecosistemas acuáticos, y en determinadas actividades económicas, como la pesca o el turismo, entre...

Keywords
Enforcement, Plastic carrier bags, Plastic waste, Very lightweight plastic carrier bags, Waste management hierarchy
Regulation
| 2018 |
Sweden
Regulation (2018: 496) on state subsidies to reduce emissions of microplastics to the aquatic environment.

This Regulation provides for incentives to be granted by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency for investment in measure that protect marine and inland waters from microplastics and other pollutants. The Regulations are in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 and refer to these Regulations. If there are funds, the Swedish...

Keywords
Marine litter, Microplastics, Waste management hierarchy
Regulation
| 2017 |
Portugal
Decreto-Lei n.º 152-D/2017

O presente decreto-lei, agregando a disciplina jurídica aplicável à gestão de fluxos específicos dos resíduos mencionados, assegura também a transposição para a ordem jurídica interna de várias diretivas, bem como das suas posteriores alterações, a saber: a Diretiva n.º 94/62/CE, do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho, de 20 de dezembro, relativa a embalagens e resíduos de embalagens; a Diretiva n.º...

Keywords
Extended Producer Responsibility, Waste management hierarchy
Regulation
| 2017 |
New Zealand
Waste Minimisation (Microbeads) Regulations 2017

These regulations, consisting of 8 sections and one Schedule, are made under the Waste Minimisation Act 2008. These regulations prohibit the manufacture and sale of wash-off products (other than medical devices or medicines) that contain microbeads for 1 or more of the following purposes: exfoliation of all or part of a person’s body; cleaning of all or part of a person’s body; abrasive cleaning...

Keywords
Microbeads, Microplastics, Plastic waste, Waste management hierarchy