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Showing 341 - 350 of 825 resultsCase study | 2016Framework agreement to reduce the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags (Plastic Carrier Bag Agreement)The programme of measures of the Finnish Marine Strategy 2016–2021 adopted by the Government proposes that, with the aim to reduce the littering of the Baltic Sea, proposals for measures are to be prepared to reduce the amount of plastic litter, in particular. As means to reduce littering the focus of the measures should include the use of plastic containers and bags. The Parties to this agreement...CountryFinland
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IndiaIndia Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 Directive 320E of 2016 Published in Gazette of India Commencement date unknown [This is the version of this document from 14 March 2024.] [Amended by Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2021 (Directive 571E of 2021) on 12 August 2021] [Amended by Plastic Waste Management (Second Amendment) Rules, 2021 (Directive 647E of 2021) on 22 September 2021]...The Ordinance on the Limitation and Elimination of Waste of 4 December 2015| 2015 |Regulation
SwitzerlandEnvironmental Law for the State of Chiapas| 2015 |Legislation
MexicoThis law is of public order, social interest and general observance in the territory of the State of Chiapas; Its purpose is the conservation of biodiversity, restoration of the ecological balance, protection of the environment, the rational use of its resources, education and environmental culture to promote the sustainable development of the State, in accordance with the provisions of the...
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