These Regulations, made section 37 under the Federal Environmental Protection Agency Act, provide with respect to the handling and management of solid, radioactive and (infectious) hazardous waste. They define the objectives of management of solid and hazardous waste, the functions of appropriate Governmental agencies and the obligations of industries. They also classify waste and make provision...

“Litter” is defined in section 2. Sections 3 to 11 prescribe various littering in public and private places and related offences. A general penalty for these offences is prescribed by section 12. The offender may be required by persons authorized under section 19 of this Act to clean up and remove the litter deposited in a public place. Section 15 defines the power of a Local Authority to enforce...

The Act aims at providing for the effective protection and controlled utilization of the environment and for matters incidental thereto. It is divided into the following Parts: Policy for environmental conservation (I); Council for the Environment, Committee for Environmental Management (II); Protection of natural environment (III); Control of environmental pollution (IV); Control of activities...

The purpose of these Regulations is to establish rules and standards governing the design, construction, operation, etc. of solid waste storage, collection and disposal facilities. The Regulations are divided into 8 Parts: General provisions (I); Solid waste storage (II); Solid waste collection (III); Solid waste management responsibility (IV); Solid waste management permit; (V) Standards for...

This Law regulates the provisions of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States that refer to the preservation and restoration of the ecological balance, as well as the protection of the environment, in the national territory and the areas over which the nation exercises its sovereignty and jurisdiction.

This Act declares all activities relating to the purchase, sale, importation, transit, transportation, deposit, storage of harmful wastes to prohibited and declared unlawful, the provisions of the Customs, Excise Tariff, Etc. (Consolidation) Act 1988, or any other enactment, or law notwithstanding. As from the commencement of this Act, any person who, without lawful authority: (a) carries...

This Act provides for the disposal of industrial and domestic waste from land and streets in appropriate containers, the prohibition on use of nightsoil or human excreta as manure, the prohibition of cultivation or use of manure or irrigation which is nuisance. Waste collection is contracted to appointed employees and disposal facilities are available for collecting and dumping and processing...

This Act underlines that a distributor or dealer must obtain a permit from the Minister responsible for the Environment to sell at wholesale or retail beverages in sealed glass, metal, aluminium, steel or plastic bottles or cans less than one gallon in size. Moreover, a distributor or dealer shall be exempted from the provisions of this Act by the Minister in case such distributor or dealer has in...