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...