Sustainability, circular economy and environment
The table below summarises the most recent publications regarding the environment, circular economy, and sustainability (non-exhaustive):
| Entity | Date | Publication |
| Ministerio de Medio Ambiente de Chile, MMA (Ministry of the Environment) of Chile | 21/03/2024 | Preliminary draft Regulation implementing Law No. 21.368 governing the distribution of single-use plastics and plastic bottles and amending the legal texts indicated.
The notified Regulation governs the requirements and procedures for granting the certificates provided for in Law No. 21.368 and clarifies the other obligations established therein. |
| European Agency | 21/03/2024 | Accelerating the circular economy in Europe: State and outlook 2024
This report analyses how recent policies in the European Union support the transition toward a circular economy and offers options and prospects to further promote this transition in the future. |
| Government Offices of Sweden | 25/03/2024 | Government Offices of Sweden published an article which talks about exporting textile waste. The article outlines its position together with France and Denmark on the exportation of textile waste and their request to Europe for a new global rule under the Basel convention for this type of waste.
The proposal suggests to subject textile waste to the control mechanisms of the Basel Convention. This would mean: For more information. consult the news in the Swedish Government website here. |
| UK Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs | 26/03/2024 | The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.I. 2024 No. 80) It revises the following points: – the definition of “household packaging”, clarify the division of responsibilities between brand owners, packers/fillers, importers and distributors. |
| The general congress of the united Mexican states | 01/04/2024 | Last reform published for the general law of sustainable forest development
Its aim is to regulate and promote the comprehensive and sustainable management of forest territories, conservation, protection, restoration, production, planning, cultivation, management and use of the country’s forest ecosystems and their resources. |
| The general congress of the united Mexican states | 01/04/2024 | General law of climate change
This new law establishes provisions to confront the adverse effects of climate change and provisions on environmental protection, sustainable development, preservation and restoration of ecological balance. |
| The general congress of the united Mexican states | 01/04/2024 | Hydrocarbons law
Various provisions of the law are reformed foreign investment law; mining law, and public-private associations law. |
| The Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion | 07/04/2024 | Decree No. 2024-316 of April 5, 2024 relating to the sustainability index of electrical and electronic equipment |
| The Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion | 07/04/2024 | Order of April 5, 2024 relating to display methods, signage and general parameters for calculating the durability index of electrical and electronic equipment (Text no. 33) |
| The Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion | 07/04/2024 | Order of April 5, 2024 relating to the criteria, sub-criteria and the rating system for the calculation and display of the durability index for televisions (Text no. 34) |
| The Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion | 07/04/2024 | Order of April 5, 2024 relating to the criteria, sub-criteria and the rating system for the calculation and display of the sustainability index for household washing machines (Text no. 35) |
| European Council | 12/04/2024 | Industrial emissions: Council signs off on updated rules to better protect the environment
The Council adopted the revised directive on industrial emissions (IED) and the regulation on the establishment of an industrial emissions portal (IEP), two complementary pieces of legislation aimed at regulating and monitoring the environmental impact of industrial activities. |
| European Commission | 19/04/2024 | Nitrates – updated rules on the use of certain fertilising materials from livestock manure (RENURE)
The feedback period for the draft act is open until the 17th of May 2024. |
| The Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion | 19/04/2024 | Order of April 15, 2024 approving a coordinating body for the extended responsibility sector of the producer of packaging, printed paper and paper for graphic use whose final holders produce household and similar waste in application of article L. 541-10 of the environmental code (Text no. 34) |
