The Department of the Environment (DOE) has received Cabinet’s endorsement for the extension of the time-frame for the implementation of Belize’s Plastics Regulations, 2020.
As a result of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, and subsequent National State of Emergency to address the ongoing health crisis in April 2020, actions to implement the permitting of licensing systems required in the legislation was disrupted. As such, an extension period is required to implement the relevant sections of the regulations.
See the full press from the Department of the Environment (DOE) as follows:
