Legislation & Regulation

The Ministry of Environment said the government will take additional environmental and health safety measures for large volume imports of waste from Japan.

A hearing before the legislature’s top environmental committees is expected to lead to new bills to ban single-use plastics and to recycle food waste.

Indonesia is further restricting preshipment companies to inspect materials for a 0.5 percent prohibitives tolerance.

The law will ensure that every community in Oregon has free, convenient access to safe drug disposal.

EPA is working with organizations, including NWRA, to form workgroups that align with specific action areas.

Many states have established rules and are aiming to reduce risk for developers, landfill owners and jurisdictions that take on these projects.

In an effort to keep waste from entering the oceans, Australia’s prime minister is developing a timeline to ban exports of recycled waste.