Vietnam
On May 27, 2026, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment published the full text of the Draft Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Environmental Protection Law and solicited …
Japan
On July 30, 2026, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Ministry of Finance (MOF), and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) promulgated and enforced the Ordinance Partially …
China
On July 31, 2026, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) issued an official announcement repealing 176 normative regulatory documents, including the Announcement on the Promulgation of the Administrative Measures …
Vietnam
On 25 May 2026, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE) issued Circular No. 24/2026/TT-BNNMT, providing detailed guidance for the implementation of selected provisions of Decree No. 110/2026/ND-CP, which elaborates …
China
On July 6, 2026, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) published the draft recommended national standard Limits of hazardous substances in thermoplastic polyurethane for public comment. The public …
Australia
On June 17, 2026, the Australian state of Queensland announced its new waste strategy, Less Landfill, More Recycling 2035. The strategy sets a goal to achieve a state-wide recycling rate …
Indonesia
The Indonesian Ministry of Environment is drafting a bill to amend the current Ministry of Environment and Forestry Regulation No. 75/2019 on Waste Reduction Roadmap by Producers, as reported by …
Japan
On March 31, 2026, Japan’s Ministry of the Environment (MOE) released the Action Plan for Building a Recycled‑Plastic Market for Automobiles. The plan aims to support Japan’s transition toward a …
*Taiwan
On May 28, 2026, the Resource Circulation Administration (RCA) of Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment promulgated technical standards defining the “circularity characteristics” required when applying for the Recycling Mark for five …
Philippines
On May 18, 2026, a member of the Philippine House of Representatives introduced House Bill No. 9281, the Philippine Recycling Labeling Act of 2026. This proposed legislation is based on …
Global
As the second half of 2026 begins, negotiations led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on a “legally binding international instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment” …
*Taiwan
On May 26, 2026, the Taiwan Ministry of Environment (MOENV) announced the achievements of its plastic container “Green Fee” policy, which has been in effect since January 1, 2025, on …
Australia
On May 26, 2026, the Community Affairs References Committee, established by the Senate of the Parliament of Australia, released a report on the human health impacts of microplastics and PFAS …
Singapore
In March 2026, Singapore promulgated two regulations concerning the collection of beverage containers.
Vietnam Publishes New Decree No. 110/2026/ND-CP on EPR Regulations
Vietnam
On April 1, 2026, the “Decree No. 110/2026/ND-CP on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for the recycling of products and packaging and the waste treatment obligations of producers and importers” (hereinafter …
Global
In mid‑March 2026, the Working Party on Noise and Tyres (WP‑GRBP) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) reached a de facto agreement on the world’s first regulatory …
Australia
In February 2026, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) released a discussion paper on reducing single-use plastics and opened a public consultation period from March 2 to May 1, 2026. The …
India
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) of India published the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2026, on March 31, 2026, which came into force on the same …
South Korea
On March 5, 2026, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment of South Korea published a proposed amendment to the Simplified Measurement Methods for Product Packaging Materials and Packaging Methods.
China
On March 12, 2026, the 14th National People’s Congress officially promulgated the Ecological Environment Code of the People’s Republic of China, China’s first comprehensive legal code in the field of …
India
In February 2026, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India came to establish a common portal for all Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules, along with a dedicated electronic platform …
Indonesia
The Indonesian environmental NGO “Dietplastik Indonesia” has released a report in February 2026 regarding the monitoring and enforcement of single-use plastic (SUP) regulations in the country. This report summarizes the …
South Korea
On January 26, 2026, South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE) announced the Resource Circulation Bureau’s key work plan for 2026, aimed at building a sustainable, decarbonized circular …
South Korea
On January 18, 2026, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE) of South Korea launched a new call for applicants under a government-led regulatory exemption system, known as the …
Philippines
On February 3, 2026, the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the “Draft Administrative Order: General Guidelines on the Regulatory Compliance of Food Contact Articles (FCA) Used for Prepackaged …
China
On December 18, 2025, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), together with nine other central government agencies including the National Development and Reform Commission, issued the Measures for the …
South Korea
On December 17, 2025, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE) of South Korea issued a preliminary legislative notice on a draft partial amendment to the Public Notice on …
Australia
On December 24, 2025, the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria reported that it prohibited a recycler in the state’s western suburbs from accepting plastic materials, effective immediately. The ban was …
Australia
On November 12, 2025, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) granted an eight-year authorisation to Soft Plastic Stewardship Australia (SPSA) to operate an in-store collection and recycling scheme for …
Japan
On October 28, 2025, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Japan published a flowchart summarizing how the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) applies to the handling of …
China
On October 31, 2025, the State Administration for Market Regulation officially issued the recommended national standard “Specification for the Use of Recycled Materials in Household Appliances” (GB/T 46730-2025). The standard …
Australia
On November 9, 2025, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of New South Wales, Australia, released the NSW Plastic Plan 2.0. This plan was developed based on the NSW Plastics Action …
New Zealand
In a news article dated December 16, 2025, the Ministry for the Environment reported that the Government has confirmed a new bill for waste management in New Zealand. This bill …
Thailand
On September 10, 2025, Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced major updates to its bottled water and beverage regulations. One of the most important changes is the introduction of …
South Korea
A recent survey on single-use product usage in South Korea revealed that the use of paper cups and straws—items excluded from the government’s list of regulated disposable products—remains at a …
South Korea
On October 7, 2025, the National Assembly’s Climate, Energy, Environment and Labor Committee of South Korea announced that many companies in South Korea continue to violate the ban on polyvinyl …
China
On August 14, 2025, the Environmental Protection Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region of China announced, under Chief Executive Directive No. 163/2025, that the import of disposable plastic cotton …
Malaysia
Malaysia’s state-run media reported on August 29, 2025, that authorities are in the final stage of establishing an extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulation of various packaging materials, including plastics. The …
*Taiwan
On July 1, 2025, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) announced a revised regulation called Scope of Responsible Businesses for Items or Containers that Should Display Collection-related Labels, Label Design Size, …
India
On June 3, 2025, India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) released the draft of the Plastic Waste Management (Second Amendment), 2025, and is seeking public comments for …
*Taiwan
On April 30, 2025, Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment has announced a two-month delay in the implementation of revised “Articles or their packaging containers and the scope of businesses that should …
Vietnam
On February 28, 2025, Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment issued Circular 07/2025/TT-BTNMT, amending and supplementing Circular 02/2022/TT-BTNMT, which provides implementation details for various articles of the Law on …
South Korea
On April 9, 2025, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced proposed amendments to the Enforcement Order of the Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of …
South Korea
On April 9, 2025, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced the draft Notice on the Obligation to Use Recycled Plastic Raw Materials (MOE Public Notice No. 2025-258) (hereinafter referred …
India
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India issued a notification on April 28, 2025, regarding the display of information on plastic packaging materials, in accordance with the 2016 Plastic …
Vietnam
On December 25, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam issued “Circular No. 29/2024/TT-BCT on Energy Consumption Standards for the Plastics Manufacturing Sector”. The circular outlines methods for …
India
On March 28, 2025, India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority (FSSAI) issued the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) First Amendment Regulations, 2025, amending the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Regulations, …
South Korea
On February 21, 2025, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced a draft amendment to the Enforcement Order of the Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling …
Indonesia
On April 2, 2025, the Bali provincial government issued and immediately enforced Directive No. 9 of 2025 on the Bali Clean Waste Movement, which bans the manufacture, distribution, and provision …
Australia
In February 2025, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water (DCCEEW) unveiled the results of its public consultation on proposed packaging regulation reforms. This follows the …
Thailand
On January 31, 2025, the Pollution Control Department (PCD) of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) of Thailand released the Sustainable Packaging Materials Management Bill (Buddhist Year of …
South Korea
On January 1, 2025, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea enacted and enforced Notice on the Mandatory Recycling Ratios by Product and Packaging Material of 2025. This Notice has …
South Korea
On November 6, 2024, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) issued an administrative preliminary notice on draft amendment to the Notice on the Procedure for Reducing the Amount of Recycling …
Australia
The Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW) released “The 2024 National Waste Policy Action Plan” on December 10, 2024. In Australia, the National Waste Policy was …
South Korea
On December 12, 2024, the Ministry of Environment of Korea (MOE) announced a draft revision of the Evaluation Criteria for Recyclability Grading of Packaging Materials. This draft revision aims to …
India
India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) notified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2025 on January 25, 2025, which came into force on the same day.
China
On Nov. 28, 2024, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation published a voluntary national standard for the label and logo of recycled plastics (GB/T 45090-2024). The standard shows requirements for …
China
On Nov. 28, 2024, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation published a voluntary national standard that shows allowable concentrations for certain hazardous chemicals in recycled plastics (GB/T 45091-2024). The English …
South Korea
On November 8, 2024, The Environment and Labor Committee of the National Assembly of South Korea announced that it is considering a new revision proposal for the Act on the …
Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued a notification on September 1, 2024, regarding the ban of single-use plastic under the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2021.
South Korea
On October 23, 2024, Rep. Kim So-hee proposed a bill under her representation to partially amend the Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources, issuing a preliminary …
*Taiwan
On Sept. 20, 2024, Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment announced a plan to revise recycling fees for containers, and released a draft list of new fees. Article 16 of Taiwan’s Waste …
India
India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified the Ecomark Rules, 2024 on 26 September 2024, which came into force on the same day. The Rules constitute …
South Korea
On September 5, 2024, the National Assembly of South Korea announced that it has formulated a bill entitled “Special Law on the Reduction and Management of Microplastics” and will deliberate …
Australia
On September 27, 2024, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) released a consultation paper on “Reform of packaging regulation.” The deadline for submitting comments …
Australia
In New South Wales (NSW), Australia, “NSW Plastics: The Way Forward” (Draft for Consultation), which sets out proposals for reducing plastic use in the future, was released on September 8th, …
Australia
On August 20, 2024, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania released the discussion paper “Phasing out Problematic Single-Use Plastics in Tasmania” and began seeking public comment. The deadline …
Vietnam
On August 14, 2024, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) of Vietnam promulgated Notice No. 460/TB-BTNMT Stipulating the Second Edition of the List of Recycling Facilities for Products …
South Korea
On July 24, 2024, a total of 10 Korean lawmakers, including Rep. Lee Soo Jin, proposed a bill to the National Assembly of South Korea to partially amend the Act …
South Korea
On July 19, 2024, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with industrial players in the home appliance sector with the aim of …
Australia
In May 2024, the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) of Western Australia released the latest version of the “Guidance on the Expanded Plastic Packaging Ban.” This guidance explains …
China
On August 5, 2024, the China Household Electrical Appliances Association (CHEAA) issued a group standard called “Technical specifications of recycled plastics for home appliances” (T/CHEAA 0034-2024). Although this standard is …
South Korea
From October 2023 through to March 2024, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea conducted its first phase of a pilot project with the aim for establishing …
Australia
On May 28, 2024, the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) submitted a report, “Drowning in Waste,” …
China
On June 28, 2024, the China Petrochemical Industry Federation released a draft national voluntary standard (GB/T) titled “Requirements of concentration limits for restricted substances in recycled plastics” on the National …
*Taiwan
On May 6, 2024, the Resource Circulation Administration of Ministry of the Environment of Taiwan held an industry meeting to discuss about the draft of “Recycling levy and recycling subsidy …
Philippines
On April 30, 2024, Plastic Bank, a social fintech company working to eradicate poverty and prevent plastic pollution, hosted a webinar on the Philippines’ Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Act. In …
Philippines
As confirmed on May 30, 2024, the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), and the Solid Waste Management Division have published a “Roadmap …
South Korea
On April 30, 2024, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea started implementing partially revised regulation titled “Regulation on Standards for Product Packaging Materials and Packaging Methods,” which was …
China
On May 8, 2024, the China Household Electrical Appliances Association published a draft of an association standard called the Technical Specifications of Recycled Plastics for the Household Electrical Appliances. The …
*Taiwan
On April 25, 2024, the Ministry of Environment of Taiwan announced a draft amendment to the “Scope of responsible suppliers of articles or containers on which recycling labels shall be …
Philippines
The Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Administrative Order No. 2024-04 “Compliance Reporting and Audit Guidelines for Republic Act No. 11898 or the Extended Producer Responsibility Act of …
South Korea
On March 28, 2024, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) announced that it will implement Labeling Program for Recycled Raw Materials Made from Waste Plastics beginning on March 29, 2024 …
India
On April 4, 2024, India’s Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has renewed its Guidelines for Assessment of Environment Compensation to be levied for Violation of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. …
India
India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India (MoEFCC) has published the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2024 on March 14, 2024, amending the Plastic Waste Management Rules, …
Malaysia
SIRIM (Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia) published an industrial standard, “SIRIM ECO 018:2024 Eco-labelling criteria -Recycled plastic products” on February 16, 2024. This standard establishes eco-labeling requirements for …
South Korea
From December 12, 2023 to January 2, 2024, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea issued a preliminary legislative notice on the Standards and Methods for Labeling of Use Ratio …
India
The Central Pollution Control Board of India (CPCB) promulgated a notification on January 22, 2024, extending the deadline for filing annual returns for fiscal year (FY) 2022-2023 under the Plastic …
India
India’s Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has promulgated a notification on January 15, 2024, to call for producers, importers, and brand owners in Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastic packaging …
Vietnam
On December 18, 2023, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam, through official document No. 782/TB-BTNMT, published a list of Producer Responsible Organizations (PROs) that are delegated by …
Vietnam
On December 1, 2023, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Vietnam, in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), held …
South Korea
On November 7, 2023, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea announced that it has formulated draft amendments to the Enforcement Order and Enforcement Rules of the Act on the …
India
India’s Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has promulgated two notifications regarding the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, on November 20, 2023. In both of the notifications, CPCB requested the State …
Vietnam
On November 7, 2023, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam established Decision No. 3257/QD-BTNMT Promulgating Vietnam Eco-Label Criteria Applicable to Environmentally Friendly Plastic Packaging and enforced it …
South Korea
On November 2, 2023, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea announced that in order to further promote the use of recycled materials, it will further reduce the mandatory …
China
On October 12, 2023, the National Development and Reform Commission and other three central government agencies of China launched the “Three-year action plan for promoting bamboo as an eco-friendly substitute …
India
India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has released an amendment draft for the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, and is inviting public comment for 60 days. The …
*Hong Kong
On October 18, 2023, the Hong Kong government announced that the Legislative Council had passed the Product Eco-responsibility (Amendment) Bill 2023 (Amendment Bill). Once the Chief Executive promulgates the Amendment …
Australia
On August 25, 2023, the State of Queensland promulgated the “Waste Reduction and Recycling Regulation 2023” (the “Regulation”). Parts 5 and 6 of the Regulation came into force on September …
*Taiwan
Based on the guidance of the Resource Recycling Bureau, Ministry of the Environment of Taiwan, on August 29, September 5 and September 6, 2023, the Eco Technology & Consultants Co., …
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