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Showing 61 - 70 of 825 resultsCase 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
Legislation | 2021 |Finance Act 2021
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom Finance Act 2021 Chapter 26 Commenced on 10 June 2021 [This is the version of this document from 10 June 2021.] An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance. [10th June 2021] Most Gracious Sovereign WE, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal...Legislation | 2021 |Ley 21368
ChileChile Ley 21368 Act 21368 of 2021 Published on 13 agosto 2021 Commenced [This is the version of this document at 12 agosto 2024.] REGULA LA ENTREGA DE PLÁSTICOS DE UN SOLO USO Y LAS BOTELLAS PLÁSTICAS, Y MODIFICA LOS CUERPOS LEGALES QUE INDICA Teniendo presente que el H. Congreso Nacional ha dado su aprobación al siguiente proyecto de ley, iniciado en Moción del Honorable senador señor Alejandro...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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