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India is conducting consultations on a new standard for PET bottles for edible oils.

Jun-01-2023 BIS Plastics Environment

On 18 May 2023 the Indian Standards Bureau (BIS) published a draft revised standard regarding polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles for packaging of edible oils. PET, a plastic resin formed by poly...

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Public consultation on revised standard for chloroform in India

May-31-2023 BIS Chemical industry

In April 2023 the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) published a draft Indian Standard, Chloroform Pure and Technical, and is asking for comments on this until 4 June 2023. Other than the well-known...

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UN countries add 3 substances to Annex A of the Stockholm Convention

May-15-2023 POPs Hazardous chemicals

At the 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Stockholm Convention on 5 May 2023, more than 120 countries agreed to add 2 plastic chemicals and one pesticide to the Conventions lis...

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India releases draft notification for Extended Producer Responsibility for used oil

May-12-2023 EPR for used oil Hazardous waste

On 2 May 2023, the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) published a draft notification in the Gazette of India for bringing out regulations for Extended Producer Responsibi...

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India amends Plastic Waste Management Rules

May-03-2023 EPR for packaging materials Plastics

On 27 April 2023 the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change published a notification in the Gazette of India announcing the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2023. The Rul...

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India extends Quality Control Order Enforcement Date for 10 Substances on Two Occasions

Apr-25-2023 BIS Chemical industry

In April 2023 the Central Government of India published two notices in the Indian Gazette delaying the start date for the Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for the 10 substances listed in the table below....

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Implementation of QCO for ethylene glycol delayed in India

Apr-21-2023 BIS Chemical industry

On 23 March 2023, The Gazette of India published that the Indian Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) has delayed the implementation of the quality control order (QCO) for ethylene glycol...

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