Provide an appropriate legal and institutional framework and mechanisms for the management of E-waste handling, collection, transportation, recycling and safe disposal of e-waste.

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...

These Regulations, made by the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment under section 68 of the Environmental Protection Act 1996, define offences such as depositing litter in public places and littering of private premises, establish the post of litter prevention warden (either appointed by a public authority or the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment and provide with...

These Regulations, made under section 27 of the Waste Management Act 2005, imposes a levy in respect of plastic bag supplies at the point of importation. The Waste Authority shall be the collection authority to whom the levy shall be payable by importers. The Regulations also provide in respect to returns and records, recover and appeals.

La Loi n°006-2013/AN portant Code de l’Environnement du Burkina Faso est composée de 148 articles repartis en cinq (5) titres à savoir: des dispositions générales (I) ; des changements climatiques, du maintien des équilibres écologiques et de l’amélioration du cadre de vie (II); des sanctions administratives et de la répression des infractions(III); des dispositions diverses titre(IV), et des...