AN ACT to amend the Customs and Excise (Duties and Other Taxes) Act, 1996 (Act 512) to impose import duty on telephone sets including mobile, cellular and satellite phones, to review the environmental excise tax on plastic and plastic products and to provide for related matters.

These Regulations, consisting of 8 sections and one Schedule, establish the prohibition of manufacture, sale and use of non-degradable scheduled plastic products. They apply to the Islamabad Capital Territory and specify that: No person shall import, manufacture, stockpile, trade, supply, distribute, sell or use any scheduled plastic product which is non-degradable. Any license or permission for...

The Regulation prescribes the waste categories and the time period for separate collection of municipal waste within administrative territories of local governments; the objectives of preparation of municipal waste, recycling and material recovery; and the types of re-usable, recyclable or recoverable construction and building destruction waste, the amount and time period for re-use, recycling or...

This Regulation lays down detailed provisions on the management, transport and disposal of urban waste. It aims at protecting public health and the environment against damages caused by waste production. Waste prevention and reduction of harzadous waste is among the main principles of the Regulation. Article 4 provides for the classification of waste. Further the Regulation defines the functions...

These Regulations, made by the Minister of State under sections 43 and 134 of the Environmental Management Act, concern a wide variety of matters regarding environmental protection including air quality control, waste management, hazardous waste and other substances harmful to the environment such as pesticides and ozone-depleting substances. Discharge of pollutants requires an emission licence to...

These Regulations, made under section 13 of the Environment Protection Act 1994, prescribe environmental standards for bottles and labels for beverages. All beverage containers imported, manufactured, distributed, traded in or use shall be made of PET or glass and labeled by paper or PET film. The import, manufacture, trade and commercial distribution of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) labels shall be...

These Regulations, made under sections 77 and 90 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Climate Change Act 2008, concern a minimum amount which a seller shall charge for a single use carrier bag and the types of single use carrier bags to which the requirement to charge does not apply (as set out in Schedule 1). They also: specify that the net proceeds of the charge are to be paid to the Department of the...

These Regulations made under section 39 of the Environment Protection Act, defines duties and offences in relation to waste pollution. Every owner and occupier of land or premises shall keep their land and premises free from litter and other waste which may become litter. Waste offences include the offence of burning litter and (harmful) waste, the offence dumping any prescribed substance at a...