It may have been overlooked in some circles, with much of the plastic waste attention being paid to global initiatives and hot spot regions, but the East African Community, an intergovernmental organization created in 1999 and comprised of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan, with approximately 175 million residents, has already recognized what other regions have been slow to embrace: environmental protection, including the current plastics crisis, is too big for countries to…
Client alert: Canada: Federal Government shortlists eight types of projects for the development of carbon offset protocols — ATTORNEY ADVERTISING Client alert 14 August 2020 Canada: Federal Government shortlists eight types of projects for the development of carbon offset protocols In Brief On July 2, 2020, the Government of Canada released a much-anticipated discussion paper on the proposed Federal Greenhouse Gas Offset System. The paper clarifies how protocols for carbon offset credits will be developed…
Plastic pollution, including through single-use plastics (SUPs), continues to plague natural environments around the world, including in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The region produces around 28 million tons of plastic waste every year (12% of total municipal waste), of which around 36% is SUP. It is estimated that about 4 million tons of plastic waste could enter the ocean in 2020 due to inadequate solid waste management in coastal cities, where a significant…
Jonathan Cocker hablará en un seminario web organizado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo sobre Plásticos y Economía Circular Regulación en tiempos de COVID-19. Los panelistas incluyen Denisa Mertiri, Green Earth Strategy (Canadá); Mariana Herrero S, Galicia (Mexico); Guillermo Tejeiro Gutiérrez, Brigard Urrutia (Colombia); Francisco Tong, Rodrigo Elias & Medrano (Perú); Julio Recordon, Carey (Chile). Sintonice el 22 de julio de 2020 de 11:00 a 12:30 EST. https://zoom.us/J/96906380450
Jonathan Cocker will speak in a webinar hosted by the Inter-American Development Bank on Plastics & the Circular Economy Regulation in the Pacific Alliance in Times of COVID-19. Panelists include Denisa Mertiri, Green Earth Strategy (Canada); Mariana Herrero S, Galicia (Mexico); Guillermo Tejeiro Gutiérrez, Brigard Urrutia (Colombia); Francisco Tong, Rodrigo Elias & Medrano (Peru); Julio Recordon, Carey (Chile). Tune in on July 22, 2020 from 11:00 to 12:30 EST. https://zoom.us/J/96906380450
Jonathan Cocker will be presenting an upcoming paper at the Venice Symposium 2020 organized by the International Waste Working Group on sustainable food packaging in biogas production in partnership with members of the European Union’s Realizing the Transition to the Circular Economy (ReTraCe) program, including Amos Ncube, PhD Candidate at University of Naples ‘Parthenope’ Department of Science and Technology.
The aviation industry has been hard-hit by the recent pandemic. In many, though not all countries, environmental performance conditions have been placed upon bailouts of various aviation stakeholders. For instance, in Canada, airlines and others receiving federal relief funds must both report and plan on climate change and related sustainability performance and initiatives. With aviation’s recovery in the spotlight, the industry needs to show progress on some environmental metrics, including waste, which will invariably lead…
Governments across the globe are grappling with the growing problem of plastic pollution, which threatens wildlife, marine ecosystems and may negatively impact human health. To deal with this threat, the Government of Canada is demonstrating leadership by pledging to increase plastic waste diversion, reduce single-use plastic in its operations, meetings and events, and procure sustainable plastic products. In September 2019, the federal government put out a Request for Information (RFI) on upcoming requirements on packaging…
NEW FEDERAL DECREE REGULATES THE TAKE-BACK SYSTEM FOR MEDICINES – Trench Rossi Watanabe The Federal Decree No. 10,388/2020, which regulates the take-back system for medicines nationwide, was published last Friday (June 5th, 2020) on an extra edition of the Federal Official Gazette. The regulation will come into force a hundred and eighty (180) days after its publication.The system will cover the structuring, implementation and operationalization of the take-back system for disused or expired household medicines,…
ENVIRONMENTAL | CETESB publishes new regulation for sanctioning procedures – Trench Rossi Watanabe The Environmental Protection Agency of the State of São Paulo (CETESB) published Board Decision No. 55/2020/P with new regulation applicable to sanctioning administrative procedures. Please find below some of the main changes:Granting of discounts: in case of fines, the violator might obtain the following discount options in order to terminate the procedure:a) 30% in case the violator opt for a prompt payment.b) 15%…