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Showing 61 - 70 of 825 resultsCase study | 2021MSFD Programme of Measures for Marine Protection in the German Parts of the North Sea and the Baltic SeaDuring the UN Ocean Conference in New York (5-9 June) the German Government made the following commitment related to marine litter: 'Implementation of Ten-point Plan of Action for Marine Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries of the German Development Co-operation in which one field of action is the reduction of land-based marine littering.'CountryGermany
Case study | 2021Marine Strategy for the Dutch part of the North Sea 2012-2020The Marine Strategy for the Dutch Part of the North Sea 2012-2020 (Part 3) encompasses the programme of measures for a healthy sea with sustainable use. The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) obliges EU member states to develop a strategy to achieve and/or maintain a good environmental status in their part of the sea (i.e. the Dutch part of the North Sea for the Netherlands) by...CountryNetherlands
Local Government (Dumping and Waste Carriers) Regulations 2021.| 2021 |Regulation
MauritiusRepealedThese Regulations provide rules relative to waste management, transport and disposal. No person shall – (a) deposit, cause or allow waste to be deposited at a place other than a waste management facility or any other site approved for that purpose; (b) throw, drop or otherwise deposit or cause any littering in any street, road, drain, river or other public place other than a space or bin specially...
Recycling and Waste Reduction Act| 2020 |Legislation
AustraliaAn Act to reduce the environmental and other impacts of products and waste material, and for related purposes
Report | 2020TACKLING PLASTIC POLLUTION: Legislative Guide for the Regulation of Single-Use Plastic ProductsThis guide, developed by UNEP and the World Resources Institute, is a tool to help legislators and policymakers explore options for reducing the harmful impacts of single-use plastic products; by regulating their production and consumption, promoting alternatives, as well as improving the management, recycling and final disposal of single-use plastic waste. It outlines the most used regulatory…
Single-use and Other Plastic Products (Waste Avoidance) Act 2020| 2020 |Legislation
AustraliaAn Act to restrict and prohibit the manufacture, production, distribution, sale and supply of certain single-use and other plastic products and for other purposes.
Environment Protection (Control of single-use plastics Products) Regulations| 2020 |Regulation
MauritiusNo person shall import for home consumption, manufacture, possess, sell, supply or use any non-biodegradable single-use plastics products as specified. - Regulation of single use plastic pollution
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