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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/RWA/629 | Rwanda | 2022 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | DRS 499-1: 2022, Post-consumer polyethylene…
DRS 499-1: 2022, Post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers — Specification — Part 1: Food grade PET recyclates, preforms and containers: 1.1 This Working Draft specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recyclates (flakes and pellets) for use in PET preforms and PET containers intended for food packaging excluding alcoholic beverages.
1.2 The standard also specifies requirements for the PET preform and container material that characterize it as safe for direct food contact. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/SWE/145 | Sweden | 2022 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Draft Ordinance amending the Ordinance (2022:1274…
Draft Ordinance amending the Ordinance (2022:1274) on producer responsibility for packaging: A person established in Sweden acting in a professional capacity as an intermediary for distance sales of packaging to end-users in Sweden may only act as such for sales from producers who have provided or used a producer responsibility organisation. The intermediary must provide to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency their name, contact details, personal identity or corporate identity number and details of how assurances have been made that the producers selling their products through the intermediary have provided or used a producer responsibility organisation. (...)
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/THA/676 | Thailand | 2022 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Notification of Ministry of Public Health to…
Notification of Ministry of Public Health to determine criteria and guideline for cosmetics refilling at refill station: In accordance with Bio-Circular-Green economy model, the Ministry of Public Heath (MOPH) proposes to allow refilling activity of certain cosmetics in-store/ refill station with the requirements of standards and controls by the draft of MOPH Notification B.E (...) the Minister of Public Heath hereby issued the (draft) Notification as follows;
1. Prescribe definition of refilling cosmetics at refill station which is manufactured by transferring and changing package of cosmetic products at the refill station. 2. Specify the bulk product for refill shall be notified as general cosmetics before refilling process at the station and allowed for certain cosmetics such as fragrance and rinse-off products. 3. Notify the address of refill station/ in-store station shall be proceeded by Cosmetic manufacturers/importers in 2. (...) 5. Prohibit to re-sale of the refilled cosmetic product. 6. Refill activity shall be conducted by trained personnel. Cosmetic manufacturers/staffs shall be responsible for educating the consumer regarding the product, such as but not limited to, safety information. (...) |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/CHL/590 | Chile | 2022 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing, Other | The notified document, (...) is aimed at…
The notified document, (...) is aimed at establishing collection and recovery targets and other obligations relating to the priority products, cells and electrical and electronic equipment, in order to prevent the creation of waste and encourage their reuse and recovery. This instrument shall apply to cells and electrical and electronic equipment introduced to the market
(...) Extended Producer Responsibility shall apply to those introducing cells and electrical and electronic equipment within the scope of application to the domestic market. Notwithstanding the above, products in the Large Cells category and the Photovoltaic Panels subcategory shall not be subject to the collection and recovery targets. Producers' obligations and the ways in which they may be held accountable for their products can be assessed through individual and collective management systems, and all related reporting obligations, including the incorporation of a formula for calculating the guarantee in order to ensure fulfilment of the related targets and obligations. Collection and recovery targets for waste cells and electrical and electronic equipment are proposed and, using a management system, the producers of such "products" must comply with these targets relative to the total amount of cells and electrical and electronic equipment they have introduced into the domestic market. The related obligations for producers are also described in the preliminary draft, specifying the roles and responsibilities of cell marketers and producers. Obligations include: providing a service to pick up waste from marketers; designing, covering and operating reception and storage facilities; organizing a home collection service for the waste in question; and providing information, namely, management systems must inform distributors, marketers, managers and consumers of the relevant waste management costs. This title also specifies the role and responsibility of managers, including the technical requirements for waste management. Lastly, this title includes the role and responsibility of industrial consumers and also refers to restrictions on dangerous substances in products. The last titles refer to the obligations and options, including the reverse logistics of this waste, and to other actors, such as waste pickers, municipalities and consumers. |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/CHN/1688 | China | 2022 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | Notice about Extending the Using Deadline of the…
Notice about Extending the Using Deadline of the Remaining Packaging Materials for Solid Beverages Enterprises: In order to reduce the waste and help enterprises solve problems, the Notice about Extending the Using Deadline of the Remaining Packaging Materials for Solid Beverages Enterprises (here referred to as the Notice) was issued. The Notice stipulates that the existing packaging materials of solid beverages that have not been used up before June 1,2022 can be used until December 31,2022.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/EGY/339 | Egypt | 2022 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing | The Ministerial Decree No. 559 /2022(3 pages, in…
The Ministerial Decree No. 559 /2022(3 pages, in Arabic) gives the producers and importers a six-month transitional period to abide by the Egyptian standard ES 3040 which specifies requirements, sampling, test methods for single layer plastic shopping sacks in different shapes and dimensions, which are made of thermoplastic and intended to be used in carrying different products. (...)
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/ESP/46 | Spain | 2022 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing, Other | Draft Royal Decree on packaging and packaging…
Draft Royal Decree on packaging and packaging waste: The notified draft Royal Decree establishes general obligations for producers of packaged goods, whether in household, commercial or industrial packaging. Producers must comply individually or collectively through extended producer responsibility (EPR) systems. The draft (...) sets out obligations for producers in the area of e-commerce. It includes specific objectives on preventing the generation of packaging waste, as well as on reuse and recycled content. It also includes national objectives for separate packaging and recycling collections. (...) The draft also introduces new marking requirements for packaging - for example, indicating its reusability, the section or container in which it should be deposited or, where applicable, the symbol associated with the deposit-return system. It regulates the mechanisms needed to increase transparency and appropriate monitoring and control of producers' obligations in terms of both product marketing and product waste management. Lastly, the draft Royal Decree includes provisions on the deposit-return system for reusable packaging and some single-use beverage containers. With regard to the latter, and pursuant to Law No. 7/2022, the system will become obligatory if the objectives for the separate collection of single-use plastic bottles set for 2023 or 2027 are not met, and will also affect cans and cardboard packaging (cartons).
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/ESP/47 | Spain | 2022 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Other | The notified draft Ministerial Order establishes…
The notified draft Ministerial Order establishes the end-of-waste criteria for certain plastic waste that is treated mechanically. Meeting those criteria means this plastic waste is treated as a product and not as waste. The technical criteria are based on the document, published in 2014, prepared by the Joint Research Centre at the request of the European Commission. The regulation defines which plastic waste is accepted, the necessary mechanical treatments, the quality criteria to be met by the resulting material following the recovery operation and the procedure for verifying compliance with the criteria through management systems. This regulation covers mechanical treatments only and not others, such as chemical treatments, that can be carried out on the same waste flows.
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/EU/893 | European Union | 2022 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Other | (...) This draft Regulation establishes…
(...) This draft Regulation establishes procedures and control regimes for the shipment of waste, depending on the origin, destination and route of the shipment, the type of waste shipped and the type of treatment to be applied to the waste at its destination. It provides the procedural rules for shipping waste both within, through, from and to the Union. New approaches as compared to the current Regulation are proposed: (...)
• new rules that will require both economic operators and public authorities to verify that waste exported from the EU is treated in a sustainable manner in the countries of destination. Concretely, exports of EU non-hazardous waste to third non-OECD countries would only be allowed where these countries have indicated their willingness and ability to receive (certain) waste. Also, exporting companies would be obliged to ensure that the facilities in third countries where their waste is destined to, are independently audited to verify that the received waste will be managed in an environmentally sound manner. For exports to third countries that are members of the OECD, a monitoring mechanism and a safeguard measure are proposed to avoid that a surge in the export of waste from the EU creates environmental or public health problems in the countries of destination; • stronger enforcement of waste shipment rules, including an enhanced role for the EU's anti-fraud office (OLAF). |
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Technical Barriers to Trade | G/TBT/N/ITA/36 | Italy | 2022 | Waste management and recycling | Technical regulation or specifications | Other | Regulation on the end-of-waste status of inert…
Regulation on the end-of-waste status of inert construction and demolition waste and other inert waste of mineral origin (...), In general, it is noted that recovered aggregates of various granulometry result from the treatment of inert construction and demolition waste and inert waste of mineral origin, with a similar performance to those from quarries. (...)
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