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Showing 1 - 10 of 43 resultsThe Waste Management and Resource Recovery Act, no. 3 of 2023.| 2023 |Legislation
MauritiusThis Act, consisting of 55 articles and divided into nine Parts, provides for a regulatory framework in order to ensure the environmentally safe and sound management of solid and hazardous wastes and a sustainable waste management system through the adoption of a circular economy approach focusing on waste reduction, reuse, material recovery and recycling. The Act concerns: commercial waste; waste...
Ley Foral 14/2018, de 18 de junio, de Residuos y su Fiscalidad| 2018 |Legislation
SpainLa presente Ley tiene por objeto la prevención de la generación de residuos y la mejora en su gestión con el fin de cumplir con la jerarquía de residuos y alcanzar los objetivos de la economía circular y cambio climático en el marco de las competencias de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra, de acuerdo con lo establecido en la Ley Nº 22/2011, de residuos y suelos contaminados. En concreto, la presente...
Decree-Law No. 2/2017 approving the Urban Solid Waste Management System.| 2017 |Legislation
Timor-LesteThis Decree-Law, consisting of 57 articles divided into eight Chapters, defines the rules that govern the solid waste management system in Timor-Leste. The provision related to the urban waste management service complies with the following principles: a) Protection of public health and the environment; b) Promotion of universality and equal access; c) Quality and continuity of service protecting...
Ordonnance n. 6.251 du 20/01/2017 relative aux déchets.| 2017 |Legislation
MonacoLa présente ordonnance régit la gestion des déchets dont les objectifs sont: la prévention de la production et de la nocivité des déchets; la réduction de la production et de la nocivité des déchets; la valorisation des déchets par le réemploi, le recyclage ou tout autre procédé écologiquement approprié; l'élimination des déchets ultimes de manière écologiquement et économiquement appropriée (le...
National Solid Waste Management Strategy| 2017 |Policy
NamibiaNational Solid Waste Management Strategy- This plan is prepared by the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) on the recognition of the urgent need to improve solid waste management in the country. It provides the framework for future directions, regulations, funding and action plans to improve solid waste management in order to achieve consistency and coordination. The vision of the...
Décret n° 2016-1170 du 30 août 2016 relatif aux modalités de mise en œuvre de la limitation des gobelets, verres et assiettes jetables en matière plastique.| 2016 |Regulation
FranceLe présent décret, pris pour l'application de l'article 73 de la loi n° 2015-992 du 17 août 2015 relative à la transition énergétique pour la croissance verte, définit les conditions d'application des dispositions législatives du code de l'environnement visant à interdire à partir du 1er janvier 2020 la mise à disposition des gobelets, verres et assiettes jetables en matière plastique. Il ne s...
Nairobi City County Solid Waste Management Act (No. 5 of 2015).| 2015 |Legislation
KenyaThe objects of this Act are to- (a) provide a county legal framework for solid waste management function as spelt out in the Part 2 of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of Kenya 2010; (b) pursuant to Article 69 (l)(d) of the Constitution, provide for a framework to encourage public participation in the management, protection and conservation of the environment; (c) provide for a legal basis...
Loi n° 007/2014 du 01 août 2014 relative à la protection de l'environnement en République gabonaise.| 2014 |Legislation
GabonLa présente loi, prise en application des dispositions de l’article 47 de la Constitution, fixe les dispositions spécifiques applicables à la protection de l’environnement en République Gabonaise. La présente loi détermine les principes généraux de la politique nation ale de protection de l'Environnement contribuant à la promotion du développement durable. Ces principes tendent notamment à la...
Environmental Protection (Litter Enforcement) Regulations 2013 (No. 7 of 2013).| 2013 |Regulation
GuyanaThese Regulations, made by the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment under section 68 of the Environmental Protection Act 1996, define offences such as depositing litter in public places and littering of private premises, establish the post of litter prevention warden (either appointed by a public authority or the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment and provide with...
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