An E-Waste Bill for Colombia
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009After months of rumbling on the issue (here and here), Colombia finally has its first formal proposal to regulate waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE or “e-waste” or “e-scrap”) — in this case, in the form of a bill introduced in the Colombian Senate. Whether or not the bill manages to pass before the 2010 […]
LAC Legislators Lay Out Common Position on Climate Change / Legisladores de ALC establecen posición común sobre el cambio climático
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008Seventy senior legislators from across the Americas, meeting last week in Mexico City under the aegis of GLOBE International, agreed on a number of key points about climate change that they will take back to their respective legislatures and promote in the context of international negotiations for a post-2012 global climate change regime. Among other […]
Pará Adopts a Recycling Policy
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Earlier this month Governor Simão Jatene signed a law creating a State Materials Recycling Policy for Pará. The new Law is based on similar measures adopted recently by its neighbor Amapá and by several other Brazilian states, including Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Rondônia (see the Temas list of waste/recycling legislation […]
Amapá Adopts a Recycling Policy
Friday, August 1st, 2008In early July Governor Waldez Góes signed a law creating a State Materials Recycling Policy. The new Law is based on similar measures adopted by several other Brazilian states, including Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Rondônia. It seeks to promote and provide incentives to the commercialization and industrial utilization of used […]