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Showing 61 - 70 of 825 resultsRecycling 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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