Decree-Law No. 26/2020 approving the Legal Regime for Urban Waste Management Services. Country/Territory Cabo Verde Document type Legislation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Boletim Oficial, Série I, No. 33. Subject Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Urban land Waste disposal Waste domestic sources Waste management Waste prevention Solid waste Monitoring Environmental planning Authorization/permit Packaging/labelling Offences/penalties Policy/planning Geographical area Africa, Atlantic Ocean Islands, North Atlantic, Sahel, Small Island Developing States, Western Africa Entry into force notes This Decree-Law enters into force 30 days after its publication. Abstract This Decree-Law approves the Legal Regime for Urban Waste Management Services. This Legal Regime, consisting of 66 articles divided into seven Chapters, regulates the stakeholders' and regulatory entities, the direct management model, the provision of services through a company in the local business sector, as well as the concessionary management model, relations with users, as well as the sanctioning regime. The management of urban waste is done through municipal and inter-municipal systems. This law applies to municipal and inter-municipal urban waste management systems. The expressions used in this legislation have the meaning defined in Decree-Law No. 56/2015 of 17 October. The exploitation and management of municipal services for the management of urban waste is an attribution of the municipalities and can be carried out by them alone or through associations of municipalities, through inter-municipal systems, under the terms of the present diploma, as well as through a company of the local business sector. The operation and management of municipal waste management services can be attributed, under a concession regime, to a public or private entity of a business nature. Full text Portuguese Website www.legis-palop.org References - Legislation Implements Decree-Law No. 56/2015 establishing the general regime for prevention, production and management of waste. Legislation | Cabo Verde | 2015 Keyword: Basic legislation, Waste disposal, Waste management, Waste prevention, Policy/planning, Solid waste, Monitoring, Environmental planning, Authorization/permit, Packaging/labelling, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Order No. 17/2021 establishing the minimum content of the regulation regarding the provisions of urban waste management services to users. Legislation | Cabo Verde | 2021 Keyword: Urban land, Waste disposal, Waste domestic sources, Waste management, Waste prevention Source: FAO, FAOLEX