Environmental Legislation

: Trina Tan; Environmental Legislation; 12 July 2011; Hits: 6251

AFGC: Australian carbon tax could hit food industry supply chain

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AUSTRALIA – The government’s proposed carbon tax law may have drastic effects on the Australian food supply chain, says the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC).

: Trina Tan; Environmental Legislation; 27 June 2011; Hits: 6964

Carbon footprint guidelines in Thailand

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THAILAND - The Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation (TGO), a public organisation overseeing the trading of carbon credits, is preparing guidelines for organisational carbon footprints to be ready in September 2011.

: Trina Tan; Environmental Legislation; 29 March 2011; Hits: 8512

Australia Northern Territory to launch beverage container deposit scheme

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AUSTRALIA – The Northern Territory government is in the midst of implementing a container deposit scheme to tackle its litter problem. To be launched in late 2011, the scheme covers almost all beverage containers.

: Trina Tan; Environmental Legislation; 13 May 2011; Hits: 6817

New ISO standards on packaging and environment gain momentum

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GLOBAL - The world standards on packaging and the environment have gained conclusive momentum with the recent acceptance of the Draft International Standard (DIS) texts.

: Stuart Hoggard; Environmental Legislation; 24 March 2011; Hits: 9838

Indian Government backs down on impractical plastic ban

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INDIA - The Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests has backed down from an earlier attempt to place a blanket ban on the manufacture, use and sale of non-recyclable plastic/metallic pouches, multi-layered packaging and other non-recyclable plastics.

: Trina Tan; Environmental Legislation; 12 May 2011; Hits: 6284

New ISO standards on packaging and environment gain momentum

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GLOBAL - The world standards on packaging and the environment have gained conclusive momentum with the recent acceptance of the Draft International Standard (DIS) texts.