UNEP would like to thank the World Resources Institute, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and the University of Strathclyde for their invaluable assistance with the collation of these laws, as well as its long-standing partner FAOLEX.

 

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Legislation
| 2020 |
Jordan
Waste Management Framework Law No.16 of 2020.

This Framework Law consisting of 32 articles and IV Annexes aims at organizing the waste management, including the related installations and its division into classes and categories, except for radioactive waste, gaseous emissions to atmosphere, wastewater and the solid biomass residues. It divides waste into the following two categories, non-hazardous and hazardous, which are listed in details in...

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Hazardous waste, Recycling, Waste, Waste collection, Waste disposal, Waste management
Regulation
| 2020 |
Belarus
Presidential Decree No. 16 “On improvement of the procedure for waste and package management.”

The President, for the purpose of reduction of the amount of disposal (burial) of waste and prevention of negative environmental impact thereof, and also for the purpose of increase of recycling, decrees that producers and suppliers must ensure collection, processing and (or) management of waste and packages by one of the following means at their choice: (a) application during the calendar quarter...

Regulation
| 2020 |
Mauritius
​Environment Protection (Banning of Plastic Bags) Regulations 2020​

These regulations, amending the 2001 Environmental Act, are intended to prohibit plastic bags. Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 5, no person shall possess, use, distribute, sell, export, import, manufacture or supply a plastic bag. Yet, the Minister may, if it is in the public interest to do so, or in the case of a disaster or pandemic, allow the import, manufacture, sale or supply of a...

Keywords
Biodegradable plastics, Plastic carrier bags, Polymer degradation, Product bans, Compostable plastics, Certification, Waste
Regulation
| 2020 |
Mauritius
​Environment Protection (Control of single use plastic products) Regulations 2020​

These regulations, amending the 2001 Environmental Act, are intended to prohibit the use of single use plastic products. According to the document, "single use plastic product” means a plastic product intended to be used once only before it is thrown away. Under article 4, no person shall import for home consumption, manufacture, possess, sell, supply or use any non-biodegradable single use...