Business Intelligence Service for Environmental Compliance
China
January 19th, 2021 On December 8,2020, the following 3 mandatory national standards (GB), which set air pollutants emission standards, have been newly released. All of them will come into force on January 1, …
China
January 19th, 2021 China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment on January 5, 2021 issued the Management Measures on Carbon Emission Trading (trial implementation), which take effect on February 1, 2021. As of November …
China
January 19th, 2021 The Beijing Administration for Market Regulation on December 24, 2020 published local standards collectively called Carbon Dioxide Emission Calculation and Reporting Requirements for the following 6+ industries. All the standards …
China
January 14th, 2021 China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment on December 25, 2020 issued the Announcement of the Extension of the Pilot Programs for Intensive Collection and Wide-area Transportation of Lead-acid Batteries by …
China
January 13th, 2021 The government of China’s Jiangxi province on December 22, 2020 published the Regulations of Jiangxi Province on Soil Pollution Control, which took effect on January 1, 2021. Here is an …
China
December 26th, 2020 On November 27, 2020, The People’s Government of Guangdong Province released the revised “Regulations of Guangdong Province on Urban and Rural Municipal Solid Waste Management”. The regulation came into force …
Taiwan
December 26th, 2020 On November 30, 2020, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration announced its plan to amend the Regulations for Determination of Fines of Violations of the Waste Disposal Act, and published a draft …
Thailand
December 24th, 2020 Ministry of Interior of Thailand announced “Ministerial Regulation No. 67 B.E. 2563 (2020) under Building Control Act B.E. 2522 (1979)” in the Royal Gazette on 18 November 2020. The regulation …
China
December 21st, 2020 At the State Council Executive Meeting of China held on December 9, 2020, the “Administrative Regulations on the Pollutant Emission Permit (Draft)” was passed. The draft was released in November, …
China
December 2nd, 2020 On November 25, 2020, five Chinese government agencies and departments, including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, jointly published the National Hazardous Waste List 2021. This revised list takes effect …
China
November 30th, 2020 In the autumn and winter of 2019-2020, the average concentration of PM2.5 was 50%-70% higher than other seasons, and the number of heavy pollution days accounted for more than 95% …
China
November 27th, 2020 On 30, Dec 2020, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, and other departments of the …
China
October 22nd, 2020 Ministry of Ecology and Environment of People’s Republic of China released 5 national environmental protection standards (draft for comments), including “Ambient air and waste gas – Determination of acrylic esters …
China
October 15th, 2020 On September 22, 2020, State Administration for Market Regulation of China submitted a notification， the “National Standard of the P.R.C., Limits of Certain Heavy Metal in Printing Ink” to WTO/TBT. …
China
October 13th, 2020 On September 21, 2020, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment of Guangdong released the “Catalogue of Plastic Products Restricted and Prohibited …
China
September 14th, 2020 The Bureau of Ecology and Environment of Shanghai announced a notice about “the revision of the list on emergency emission reductions for severe air pollution days in 2020”, in order …
Thailand
August 19th, 2020 On the last month article, we discussed the details of Pollution Control Department’s 3-year action plan (2020 – 2022) which will be used as an instrument to drive the national …
India
July 6th, 2020 On July 6, 2020, High Power Committee of Andhra Pradesh in India submitted the report on the accident of styrene monomer vapour leak at LG Polymers to the state government. …
India
July 3rd, 2020 On July 3, 2020, India’s local media reported that in Hyderabad, Telangana State, chemical manufacturing company Vishnu Chemicals Ltd has been leaving 200,000 tonnes of hazardous waste in a landfill …
China
June 26th, 2020 According to the announcement from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China On June 30, 2020, it released earlier in the month a booklet called the On-site VOC Inspection …
Vietnam
March 18th, 2020 In Vietnam, on 18th March, 2020, the “Prime Minister’s Decision No.09/2020/QD-TTg on measures to respond to waste incidents” was enacted. This decision was made to prepare and organize the response …
India
November 22nd, 2019 On November 22, 2019, India’s Press Information Bureau reported that central government has undertaken various regulatory measures for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution. For instance, Action Plans for …
Thailand
November 11th, 2019 On 29 October 2019, Greenpeace Thailand released a report about plastic pollution in Thailand. According to the report, 5 local companies including CP group and Sinha Corporation were identified as …
Vietnam
September 11th, 2019 Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) announced on September 11, 2019 that Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình and Trinh Dinh Dung ordered the provincial people’s committees to …