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Definitions Found in Plastic Laws
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Sentence T-614/19 (Cerrejón)
Sentencia T-614 de 2019, Sala Novena de Revisión de la Corte Constitucional, 16 December 2019, available in Spanish at Two indigenous women (one on behalf of herself and in representation of her infant child) from the Wayúu Indigenous Reserve…
India — Vedanta Limited v. State of Tamil Nadu, and others W.P.No.5756 of 2019 (2020.08.18) (High Court of Madras) (Judgment) (Maintaining closure of the Sterlite copper smelter)
Greenwatch v. Attorney General, Misc. Cause No. 232 of 2009 (13 August 2020)
Greenwatch v. Attorney General, Misc. Cause No. 232 of 2009 (13 August 2020) High Court of Uganda at Kampala Greenwatch sought to obtain copies of petroleum production sharing agreements authorizing oil and gas exploration and development in the Albertine region…
Taiwan: Select plastic laws
Restrictions on the Manufacture, Import, and Sale of Personal Care and Cosmetics Products Containing Plastic Microbeads (in Chinese or English) This order, adopted under Article 21 of the Waste Disposal Act, bans the manufacture, import, and sale of cosmetic products used…
Aruba: Select plastic laws
In 2019, Aruba banned the import, manufacture, sale, or free distribution of a list of products made of single use plastic or polystyrene.
Vikrant Tongad v. Union of India, W.P. (C) 3747/2020 & CM APPL. 1342/2020 (30 June 2020)
Vikrant Tongad v. Union of India, W.P. (C) 3747/2020 & CM APPL. 1342/2020 (30 June 2020) High Court of Delhi at New Delhi The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Ministry) issued a draft notification in March 2020 that proposed…
Guatemala: Select plastic law
Guatemala – Plastic-related law Acuerdo Gubernativo No. 189-2019 (federal application) Ban on single-use plastic Acuerdo Gubernativo No. 189-2019 prohibits the use and distribution of single-use plastic bags, plastic straws, disposable plastic plates, glasses and stirrers, and disposable plastic or…
Belize: Select plastic laws
Returnable Containers Act, Cap. 328:01
Distributors and dealers must collect a deposit on beverage containers sold or distributed. Art. 3(1).