UKuksi/2023/1244Enacted

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023

Jurisdiction:: United Kingdom
Type:: EPR
Last action:: Jan 1, 2023

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Next steps for producers

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Obligations under this law

·Meet overall packaging waste recycling target: formula constant updated from 72 to 75 (Schedule 2, paragraph 3(4))
·Meet overall recycling target of 80% for 2024 (updated from 77% for 2023) (Schedule 2, paragraph 5)
·Meet material-specific recycling target for wood of 42% for 2024 (updated from 35% for 2023) (Schedule 2, paragraph 6, Table 2)

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Amendment to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 that increases overall recycling targets (72% to 75%) and material-specific targets (e.g., wood 35% to 42%, plastic 77% to 80% by 2024), strengthening EPR obligations on producers in England and Wales.

Covered Products

·Packaging waste (glass, plastic, aluminium, steel, paper/board, wood)

Producer Obligations

·Meet overall packaging waste recycling target: formula constant updated from 72 to 75 (Schedule 2, paragraph 3(4))
·Meet overall recycling target of 80% for 2024 (updated from 77% for 2023) (Schedule 2, paragraph 5)
·Meet material-specific recycling target for wood of 42% for 2024 (updated from 35% for 2023) (Schedule 2, paragraph 6, Table 2)
·Comply with updated year reference of 2024 in paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 of the 2007 Regulations

Key Deadlines

Dec 31, 2024compliance: Obligated producers must meet 2024 overall recycling target of 80% and material-specific targets including wood at 42%

Jan 1, 2024other: These amending Regulations come into force

Preemption Notes

These Regulations extend to and apply in relation to England and Wales only; Scotland and Northern Ireland are not covered

Compliance Dimensions

Collection / Recovery Targets80% all packaging waste (overall recycling) by 2024 (Material Specific); 42% wood packaging by 2024 (Material Specific)

“in paragraph 5— i for "2023" substitute "2024" ; ii for "77%" substitute "80%" ; c in paragraph 6, in Table 2 (recycling targets)— i in the heading to the second column, for "2023" substitute "2024" ; ii in the entry for wood, for "35" substitute "42" ;”

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Citation, commencement, extent and application

These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1st January 2024.

These Regulations extend to and apply in relation to England and Wales only.

Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 are amended as follows.

In Schedule 2 (recycling obligations)—

in paragraph 3(4), in the formula, for “72” substitute “75” ;

in paragraph 5—

for “2023” substitute “2024” ;

for “77%” substitute “80%” ;

in paragraph 6, in Table 2 (recycling targets)—

in the heading to the second column, for “2023” substitute “2024” ;

in the entry for wood, for “35” substitute “42” ;

in paragraph 8, for “2023” substitute “2024” .

Robbie Moore
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

21st November 2023

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. 2007/871 ). Those Regulations impose on producers obligations to recycle packaging waste in order to attain overall recycling and material-specific recycling targets.

These Regulations set an overall recycling target as well as material-specific recycling targets for 2024 on obligated producers in England and Wales in relation to glass (including the proportion to be recycled by re-melt), plastic, aluminium, steel, paper/board and wood.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Producer Responsibility Unit at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk .

2021 c. 30 . For the definition of “relevant national authority”, see section 50(2).

S.I. 2007/871 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/1146 , 2020/1336 , 2020/1390 (W. 308) and 2022/1222 .

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