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Showing 251 - 260 of 738 resultsEnvironment and Climate Adaptation Levy (Plastic Bags) Regulations 2017 (L.N. No. 61 of 2017).| 2017 |Regulation
FijiThese Regulations, made under section 17 of the Environment and Climate Adaptation Levy Act 2015, introduces an Environment and Climate Adaptation Levy charged on plastic bags. This Charge must be collected by a cashier at the point at which a plastic bag is provided by the business to a consumer. It shall then be paid to the Chief Executive Officer and Commissioner of Inland Revenue (CEO). The...
Gazette Notice No.2356 Plastic Bag Ban| 2017 |Legislation
KenyaBanning the use, manufacture and importation of all plastic bags used for commercial and household packaging
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...
Waste Management (Farm Plastics) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 396 of 2017).| 2017 |Regulation
IrelandThese Regulations amend the Waste Management (Farm Plastics) Regulations 2001 and are designed to assist in the improved recovery of waste farm plastics. The Regulations provide that from 1 October 2017, the definition of farm plastics will be expanded to include two further materials, i.e. netting and bale twine.
Besluit havenontvangstvoorzieningen (Bhov - Port Reception Facilities Decree)| 2017 |Regulation
NetherlandsChapter 16 of the San Francisco Environment Code: Food Service and Package Reduction Ordinance| 2017 |Legislation
United States of AmericaLegislation | 2017 |External Trade (Shopping Plastic Bags Prohibition) Order, 2017
Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda External Trade (Shopping Plastic Bags Prohibition) Order, 2017 Act 83 of 2017 Published in Official Gazette on 31 December 2017 Assented to on 28 November 2017 Commenced [This is the version of this document from 31 December 2017.] [The publication date of this work could not be ascertained. We used the date 31 December 2017 because the work was published during the course of...Legislation | 2017 |Packaging Act
GermanyGermany Verpackungsgesetz Published on 5 Juli 2017 Commenced [This is the version of this document at 25 Oktober 2023.] Dieses Gesetzes dient der Umsetzung der Richtlinie 94/62/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 20. Dezember 1994 über Verpackungen und Verpackungsabfälle (ABl. L 365 vom 31.12.1994, S. 10), die zuletzt durch die Richtlinie 2015/720/EU (ABl. L 115 vom 6.5.2015, S. 11)...Malibu - Ordinance No. 412: Ban on polystyrene foam food packaging| 2016 |Legislation
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