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Showing 91 - 100 of 180 resultsMandaluyong City: Ordinance No. 523| 2013 |Regulation
PhilippinesAn ordinance regulating the use of plastic bags and styrophors in all commerical and business establishments in the city of mandaluyong and prescribing penalties thereof and amending sections 1,2 and 4 of Ordinance No. 479, S-2011 entitled : Ordinance phasing out the use of plastic bags and styrophors in the city of Mandaluyong
Prohibition of Non-degradable Plastic Products (manufacturing, sale and usage) Regulations 2013.| 2013 |Regulation
PakistanThese Regulations, consisting of 8 sections and one Schedule, establish the prohibition of manufacture, sale and use of non-degradable scheduled plastic products. They apply to the Islamabad Capital Territory and specify that: No person shall import, manufacture, stockpile, trade, supply, distribute, sell or use any scheduled plastic product which is non-degradable. Any license or permission for...
Environmental Management (Licensing) Regulations (S.I. No 112 of 2013).| 2013 |Regulation
ZambiaThese Regulations, made by the Minister of State under sections 43 and 134 of the Environmental Management Act, concern a wide variety of matters regarding environmental protection including air quality control, waste management, hazardous waste and other substances harmful to the environment such as pesticides and ozone-depleting substances. Discharge of pollutants requires an emission licence to...
Local Government (Registration of Recycler and Exporter) Regulations 2013 (GN No. 248 of 2013).| 2013 |Regulation
MauritiusRepealedThese 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...
Single Use Carrier Bags Charge Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. No. 4 of 2013).| 2013 |Regulation
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThese Regulations, made under sections 77 and 90 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Climate Change Act 2008, concern a minimum amount which a seller shall charge for a single use carrier bag and the types of single use carrier bags to which the requirement to charge does not apply (as set out in Schedule 1). They also: specify that the net proceeds of the charge are to be paid to the Department of the...
Ordinance Adding Chapter 4.114 (Reusable Bags) of Title 4 (Sanitation and Health) of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code Relating to Reusable Bags| 2012 |Legislation
United States of AmericaMarikina City: Ordinance No. 18| 2012 |Regulation
PhilippinesOrdinance regulating the use of plastic packaging/bags on wet goods and banned the use of plastic packaging on dry goods
Wood Buffalo, Alberta Bylaw No 12/007 Regulating the Use and Distribution of Bags by Retail Establishments| 2012 |Legislation
CanadaAn Ordinance to Regulate the Use of Carryout Bags and Promote the Use of Reusable Bags| 2012 |Legislation
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