Peru approves Law that regulates the consumption and production of single-use plastics
December 5, 2018
Oceana celebrates the decision of the Congress that adds Peru to the world fight against plastic pollution. Disposable plastics make up more than half of the marine litter collected in beach cleaning in recent years. The marine conservation organization Oceana celebrated the approval of the ‘Plastics Law’ for single use by the Congress of the […]
There is an urgent need for Congress to pass a single-use Plastics Law
December 3, 2018
Civil organizations ask the Congress of the Republic to prioritize the debate on the law to regulate the consumption and manufacture of disposable plastics before the end of this legislature. There are only a few days left until the end of this legislature and the plenary session of Congress has not yet debated the approval […]
Production Commission rejects proposal that would delay the Plastics Law
November 20, 2018
Oceana congratulates the decision of parliamentarians to continue on the previous consensus between benches and asks to prioritize the debate in the plenary session of Congress. There is enough evidence to regulate single-use plastics, MINAM noted. Oceana welcomes the decision of the Committee on Production, Micro and Small Enterprises and Cooperatives to suspend the vote […]
Production Commission ruling will prevent regulation of single-use plastics in Peru, warns Oceana
November 19, 2018
Proposal seeks to delay the debate, since it asks to carry out a study before evaluating a Plastics Law , despite the fact that there is international evidence on the impacts of plastic pollution. The draft law of the Production, Micro and Small Business and Cooperatives Commission that requires a socio-economic environmental study of the […]
A law on single-use plastics in Peru is urgent, agrees Government, civil society and companies
November 16, 2018
To the initiatives of citizens, businesses, local governments and the Executive Power, a regulatory framework must be added that establishes restrictions on the excessive consumption of single-use plastics . This was the main conclusion reached by the participants in the Peru Without Pollution Forum, organized by the Commission of Andean, Amazonian and Afro-Peruvian Peoples, Environment and Ecology, chaired […]