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ZambiaThis Act makes provision for integrated environmental management and the protection and conservation of the environment and the sustainable management and use of natural resource and related matters. In Part I its sets out the principles governing environmental management. The Act consists of 135 section divided into 12 Parts: Preliminary (I); The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (II)...
KeywordsEnforcement, Hazardous waste, Waste, Waste collection, Waste disposal, Waste managementWaste Law, 2011 (Law No. 185(Ι)/2011).| 2011 |Legislation
CyprusThe Law aims at harmonizing the Cypriot legislative framework with Directive 2008/98/EC on waste and intends creating the suitable legislative framework for harmonizing the Cypriot legislation, through secondary legislation, with a number of other related EU directives. The Law also provides for the implementation at a national level of Regulation (EC) No. 1013/2006 on shipments of waste, as last...
KeywordsHazardous waste, Waste export, Waste management, Waste preventionEnvironment Protection (Beverage Containers and Plastic Bags) Regulations.| 2011 |Regulation
AustraliaThese Regulations, consisting of 13 sections divided into four Parts and completed by one Schedule, declare certain liquids not to be beverages and exempts certain beverage containers from the operation of the container deposit scheme (CDS). A regulated container is a container to which the CDS applies and for which a supply approval is in force and that bears the approved refund marking. The...
KeywordsBiodegradable plastics, Compostable plastics, Domestic waste, Extended Producer Responsibility, Hazardous waste, Plastic carrier bags, Plastic waste, Recyclable packaging, Toxic waste, Very lightweight plastic carrier bags, Waste management hierarchyEnvironment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011.| 2011 |Legislation
IrelandThis Act amends environment protection legislation in relation to a variety of matters including; civil proceedings in relation with environmental damage; fines and fixed payment notices for air pollution offences; modification of waste generation levy; development, including development for which an environmental impact assessment or an appropriate assessment is required, exempted from...
KeywordsLevies, Plastic carrier bags, Taxes, Waste managementLocal Government Act 2011 (Act No. 36 of 2011).| 2011 |Legislation
MauritiusThis Act makes provision for the establishment Municipal City Councils, Municipal Town Councils, Village Councils and District Councils, provides for functions and powers of such authorities and for other matters related to local authorities such as the cadastral database and the granting of permits and licenses. It also concerns services provided for by local authorities such as the storage...
KeywordsTaxes, Waste disposal, Waste managementNational Environmental (Electric/Electronic Sector) Regulations, 2011. S.I. no. 23/2011.| 2011 |Regulation
NigeriaThe purpose of these Regulations, made under the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency Act, is to prevent and minimise pollution from all operations and activities of the electrical and electronic sector. According to these Regulations, which apply the Polluter Pays Principle, a facility or a corporate of the sector shall submit to the competent Agency an emergency...
KeywordsEnforcement, Extended Producer Responsibility, Hazardous waste, Verification of compliance, Waste disposal, Waste management, Waste, RecyclingLegislation | 2011 |Reglamento para la Aplicación de la Ley de Fomento Ambiental y Optimización de los Ingresos del Estado
EcuadorEcuador Reglamento para la Aplicación de la Ley de Fomento Ambiental y Optimización de los Ingresos del Estado Decree 987 of 2011 Published in Suplemento del Registro Oficial 608 on 30 diciembre 2011 Commenced on 24 noviembre 2011 [This is the version of this document from 30 diciembre 2011.] Rafael Correa Delgado PRESIDENTE CONSTITUCIONAL DE LA REPÚBLICA Considerando: Que la Constitución de la...Legislation | 2011 |Ley de Fomento Ambiental y Optimización de los Ingresos del Estado
EcuadorEcuador Ley de Fomento Ambiental y Optimización de los Ingresos del Estado Published in Suplemento del Registro Oficial 583 on 24 noviembre 2011 Commenced on 24 noviembre 2011 [This is the version of this document from 24 noviembre 2011.] PRESIDENCIA DE LA REPÚBLICA Considerando: Que el artículo 14 de la Constitución de la República del Ecuador, determina que se " reconoce el derecho de la...Waste Regulations, 2011 [S.L.549.63].| 2011 |Regulation
MaltaThese regulations are composed by 37 articles organised in seven parts, plus ten schedules. The first Part covers the scope of the Regulations, which is the implementation of the EU legislation on waste, the objective of which is to protect the environment and human health by preventing or reducing the adverse impacts of the generation and management of waste and by reducing overall impacts of...
KeywordsPlastic waste, Recycling, Waste collectionSupreme Decree No. 011-2010-MINAM| 2010 |Regulation
PeruKeywordsBiodegradable plastics, Waste management hierarchyPagination
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