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January 23, 2023Mauritius - Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change

Development of a Roadmap and Legislative Framework on Circular Economy for the Republic of Mauritius

The Republic of Mauritius as a small island state is very limited in its resource base. The current economy model iin the...

Organisation
Mauritius - Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Policy
January 31, 2022Croatia - Ministry for Economy and Sustainable Development

Public tourism infrastructure (cycling tourism..)

Cycling and other forms of using bicycle in Europe are among the growing forms of tourism activities. It is estimated in...

Organisation
Croatia - Ministry for Economy and Sustainable Development
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Policy
January 31, 2022Mauritius - Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change

Environment Protection (Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottle Permit) Regulations 2001

The Vision of the Government of Mauritius is for a Clean and Green Mauritius and this Vision also calls for concrete action...

Organisation
Mauritius - Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change
Type
Legal/Regulatory instrument
Policy
January 28, 2022Mauritius - Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change

Environment Protection (Banning of Plastic Bags) Regulations 2020 and Environment Protection (Control of Single Use Plastic Products) Regulations 2020.

The Regulations have been formulated with the main objective of curbing the use, import and production of plastic products...

Organisation
Mauritius - Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change
Type
Legal/Regulatory instrument
Policy
January 25, 2022Croatia - Ministry for Economy and Sustainable Development

WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA FOR THE PERIOD 2017-2022 (Plan) AMENDMENT OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA FOR THE PERIOD 2017-2022

Measures relevant to Sustainable Consumption and Production that are prescribed include: encouraging the reuse of demolition...

Organisation
Croatia - Ministry for Economy and Sustainable Development
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Policy
February 18, 2021United Kingdom - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Single-Use Carrier Bag Charge Extension

A single-use plastic bag charge has been in place in England since 2015. In May 2021, it was increased from 5p to 10p and...

Organisation
United Kingdom - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Type
Economic/Fiscal instrument
Policy
February 2, 2021Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Grüner Knopf | Green Button - government-run textile label

The Green Button provides orientation when buying socially and environmentally manufactured textiles. Thus, it aims at...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
Voluntary instrument
Policy
January 21, 2021Hungary - Ministry of Agriculture

Conservation of fruit varieties long cultivated in the Carpathian Basin and adapted to local circumstances

It is an important task to conserve and spread the varieties of fruit-bearing agricultural woody plants – trees and shrubs –...

Organisation
Hungary - Ministry of Agriculture
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Policy
January 6, 2020Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG)

The ElektroG incentivizes that electrical and electronic equipment is designed to be less polluting and that WEEE is avoided...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
Legal/Regulatory instrument
Policy
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January 6, 2020Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Waste Prevention Programme of the German Government

The waste prevention programme promotes sustainable practices such as the concept of "renting or borrowing rather than buying...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Policy
December 17, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

German Packaging Law

The German Packaging Law contributes to specify and standardize extended producer responsability rules. It contributes to a...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
Legal/Regulatory instrument
Policy
December 17, 2019Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)

Circular Economy Act

The Circular Economy Act (KrWG) has made people even more aware of the necessity to separate waste, led to the introduction...

Organisation
Germany - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Type
Legal/Regulatory instrument