La Loi n°006-2013/AN portant Code de l’Environnement du Burkina Faso est composée de 148 articles repartis en cinq (5) titres à savoir: des dispositions générales (I) ; des changements climatiques, du maintien des équilibres écologiques et de l’amélioration du cadre de vie (II); des sanctions administratives et de la répression des infractions(III); des dispositions diverses titre(IV), et des...

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...

This Act, consisting of eight Sections, aims at establishing protecting measures to prevent, so as to minimise environmental pollution, the provision by retailers of certain plastic bags, and for related purposes. It establishes inspections, composition, and environmental standards of such plastic bags in order to comply with the Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994, as they are...

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...

This Law provides for all standards and necessary measures aimed to prevent or reduce the harmful effects of waste on human health and on environment by reducing the amount of waste in the development and/or production and by regulating all waste related management tasks without the use of high-risk procedures (on human health and on environment). This Law establishes a general system of waste...

Le présent décret interdit la production, l'importation, la commercialisation, la détention et l’utilisation des sachets plastiques. Il vise à améliorer le bien-être et la santé des populations et des animaux; lutter contre la pollution; préserver les ouvrages d'assainissement et les autres infrastructures; promouvoir la salubrité publique; faire la promotion des emballages biodégradables.

Provide an appropriate legal and institutional framework and mechanisms for the management of E-waste handling, collection, transportation, recycling and safe disposal of e-waste.