The present Regulations provide for the enactment of the Litter Control Act. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to the designation of beverages and containers. Section 5 deals with an environmental handling charge, and section 6 with refundable deposits. The text consists of 10 sections.

The purpose of this Act is to support sustainable development by promoting the rational use of natural resources, and preventing and combating the hazard and harm to health and the environment arising from wastes. This Act shall apply to waste, prevention of its generation and reduction of its hazardous or harmful property, promotion of waste recovery, any other organization of waste management...

These Regulations concern the issuing of violation tickets by authorized persons to any person who commits a littering offence and related matters. “Littering offence” means an offence defined in section 4 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act, or any other offence which may be so designated under this Act or any other law.

This Act is enacted to implement the provisions of International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 and the Annexes to which the Unites States is a party. The Act applies to all U.S. flagged ships all across the globe and to all foreign-flagged vessels operating in navigable waters of the United States or while at port under U.S. jurisdiction. Ships shall also comply with...