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Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, Australia, Canada, etc. | 21 Jan 2022
Goodbye plastic: key packaging and recycling regulations
Manufacturers and importers face plastic taxes, extensive labelling obligations and waste management responsibilities in the multinational move towards circular economies.
Fieldfisher | Germany | 13 Jan 2022
German FCO: inquiry results show decreasing competition in collection and transport of household waste
The German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) recently published a report on the sector inquiry into the collection of household waste and found that competition had decreased. It remains to be seen what steps the FCO considers necessary but there is a new provision in German competition law by which the FCO can oblige companies to notify mergers in certain economic sectors for merger control.
Arias | El Salvador | 5 Jan 2022
El Salvador - Deadline to adequate to the law of integral waste management and promotion of recycling
In accordance with Article 64 of the Law of Integral Waste Management and Promotion of Recycling, all persons, natural or legal, involved in the…
Arias | El Salvador | 5 Jan 2022
El Salvador - Plazo de adecuación a la Ley de gestión integral de residuos y fomento al reciclaje
De conformidad con el artículo 64 de la Ley de Gestión Integral de Residuos y Fomento al Reciclaje, todas las personas, naturales o…
Rokas Law Firm | Greece | 6 Dec 2021
Law 4819/2021: use of waste for energy production
With the enactment of Law 4819/2021, Greece incorporated the two most important EU directives of the second European Action Plan for the Circular Economy (2020) into the national legislation. Law 4819/2021 has upgraded the regulatory framework for waste management, which now includes waste streams such as energy recovery in addition to recycling and reuse.
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, Australia | 5 Nov 2021
Veolia proposes divestitures package in Australia to clear Suez deal
French waste and water management provider Veolia has offered to sell several assets to secure approval from the Australian antitrust watchdog for the acquisition of its closest rival Suez.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | USA | 5 Nov 2021
PFAS Update: Significant Expansion of PFAS Regulation Under RCRA
In a letter to the Governor of New Mexico on October 26, 2021, the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”)…
DLA Piper | Romania | 3 Nov 2021
New draft law initiatives to tackle medical waste in Romania
This draft law aims to implement a national waste management system for collection and disposal of medicines waste from population, with a view to…
Squire Patton Boggs | European Union | 13 Oct 2021
Amendments to the Act on Packaging and Packaging Waste Management
The European Green Deal is one of the key items of European Union’s policy. Policies aimed at the reduction of the volume of waste, increase in…
Morrison & Foerster LLP | USA | 1 Oct 2021
This week at the ninth: Fair housing and "solid waste"
This week, the Court clarifies the Fair Housing Act and Resource Conservation Recovery Act. The en banc Court holds that Oakland failed to adequately…
