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Showing 481 - 490 of 738 resultsMarine Pollution Prevention Act 2008.| 2008 |Legislation
SamoaThis Act makes provision for rules and measures to prevent marine pollution and to respond to effects causing marine pollution. The Act also defines liability for damage arising from polluting activities including pollution from oil and defines offences. The Act lists international marine pollution conventions which shall apply under laws of Samoa for purposes of this Act. The Act shall be the...
KeywordsEnforcement, Hazardous waste, Levies, Marine litter, Waste management hierarchyDirective 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives.| 2008 |Legislation
European UnionThis Directive lays down measures 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 resource use and improving the efficiency of such use. The Directive recalls the general environmental protection principles of precaution and sustainability, technical feasibility and economic...
KeywordsEnforcement, Extended Producer Responsibility, Hazardous waste, Labelling, Recycling, Stakeholder engagement, Verification of compliance, Waste, Waste disposal, Waste management, Waste management hierarchy, Waste prevention, Impacts, Life-cycle assessment, ReuseWaste Minimisation Act 2008 (No. 89 of 2008).| 2008 |Legislation
New ZealandThe purpose of this Act is to encourage a reduction in the amount of waste generated and a decrease in waste disposal in order to protect the environment. The Act also encourages and, in certain circumstances, requires the development of product stewardship schemes through which the responsibility for managing the end of the life of a product and its environmental impacts is shared by those...
KeywordsWaste disposal, Waste management, Waste preventionEnvironment Protection (Banning of Plastic Banners) Regulations 2008 (GN No. 113 of 2008).| 2008 |Regulation
MauritiusThese Regulations, made under the Environment Protection Act 2002, provide rules for the prevention of pollution by plastic banners in Mauritius. The rules aim at the prevention of uncontrolled affixing of plastic banners in public places.
KeywordsEnforcement, Plastic carrier bags, Product bansWaste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act| 2007 |Legislation
AustraliaAn Act to provide for waste avoidance and resource recovery, and establish the Waste Authority; and establish a container deposit scheme; and provide for waste services by local governments; and provide for levies on waste, and repeal the Environmental Protection (Landfill) Levy Act 1998, and provide for related and consequential matters.
KeywordsCertification, Deposit-refund schemes , Waste, Waste collection, Waste disposal, Waste managementCalifornia AB-258 Water Quality: Plastic Discharges| 2007 |Legislation
United States of AmericaKeywordsMarine litter, Plastic polymers, Waste management hierarchyLeaf Rapids, Manitoba Plastic Bag Ban| 2007 |Regulation
CanadaKeywordsPlastic carrier bags, Plastic polymers, Plastic waste, Single-use plastic products, Very lightweight plastic carrier bagsThe Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007| 2007 |Regulation
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandKeywordsEnforcement, Extended Producer Responsibility, Plastic packaging, RecyclingChapter 234 Public Health Act 22 of 1994 Part 8-Sanitation and Waste Disposal| 2007 |Regulation
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandKeywordsEnforcement, Extended Producer Responsibility, Plastic waste, Recycling, Waste disposalWaste Management (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations, S.L. 549.43| 2007 |Regulation
MaltaKeywordsCircular economy, Extended Producer Responsibility, Oxo-degradable plastics, Plastic carrier bags, Plastic waste, Recyclable packaging, Reusable packaging, Very lightweight plastic carrier bags, Waste management hierarchyPagination
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