La présente loi interdit, sur toute l’étendue du territoire national, la production, l’importation, l’utilisation, la détention en vue de la mise en vente et la vente ou la distribution à titre gratuit de sachets plastiques d’une épaisseur inférieure à 30 microns. Cependant, les sachets plastiques d’une épaisseur supérieure ou égale à 30 microns sont autorisés et doivent respecter les normes...

These Regulations, made by the Chairman of the National Environment Management Council under section 63(1) of the National Environment Management Act, prohibits the manufacture, importation, use or sale of plastic bags in The Gambia. The Chairman shall issue a Notice in the gazette to establish a list of plastic packaging materials that may be used in exceptional cases in The Gambia. An importer...

This Act provides with respect to matters of public health in Namibia. The objects of this Act are to: (a) promote public health and wellbeing; (b) prevent injuries, diseases and disabilities; (c) protect individuals and communities from public health risks; (d) encourage community participation in order to create a healthy environment; and (e) provide for early detection of diseases and public...

The purpose of the Code is to establish a legal framework in the field of waste management, to implement measures that will facilitate waste prevention and its increased re-use as well as environmentally safe treatment of waste (which includes recycling and separation of secondary raw materials, energy recovery from waste and safe disposal of waste). In addition, the objectives of the Code include...

The purpose of this Act is to reduce the quantity and the harmfulness to the environment of materials and substances contained in packaging and packaging waste and the quantity and environmental impact of packaging and packaging waste on the stage of the production process, marketing, distribution and processing, in particular by producing clean products and the use of clean technologies. This Act...

These Regulations, made by the Minister under section162(2) of the Local Government Act, provide with respect to waste recycling. They shall apply only to the categories of wastes listed in the First Schedule. Any application for registration as recycler or exporter shall be made to the Permanent Secretary in the form specified in the Second and Third Schedules, respectively. Every registered...

The purpose of this Act is the protection of the environment and human health, the mitigation of environmental impact, the efficient management of natural resources, the reduction of the impact and improvement of efficiency of the use of resources, as well as the prevention of waste and its harmful effects, the reduction of its quantity and hazardousness, the re-use of materials, as well as higher...