This Act prohibits, with effect from the 1 May 2020, (I) the import, distribute, offer for sale, sales or usage of any prohibited goods set out in the First Schedule; and (II) the manufacture, distribution, offer for sale or usage of any single-use plastic bags. Furthermore, this Act lays down provisions on licensing for the importation of any single-use plastic item that is labelled or marketed...

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...

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...

This Law consisting of 80 articles divided in VI Sections aims at regulating the organization of waste management in Egypt, excluding if related to nuclear and radiological activities (regulated by Law No.7 of 2010). Main goals of the Law are (i) develop an integrated management of municipal, industrial, agricultural, demolition and construction waste as well as their safe disposal; (ii) reduce...

This Regulation sets out the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the waste management sector. The sectoral reference document is set out in the Annex to this Decision.

The Minister, in the exercise of powers conferred by section 17 of the Environmental Health Services Act makes these Regulations able to control plastic pollution. An environmental health officer has the power to control if the business is in compliance with the provision of these regulations. If the officer, after having inspected premises of a business pursuant to section 10 of the Environmental...