UKuksi/2017/1221Enacted

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Jurisdiction:: United Kingdom
Type:: EPR · Recycled Content
Last action:: Jan 1, 2017

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Obligations under this law

·Achieve overall packaging waste recovery target of 80% in 2018, 81% in 2019, and 82% in 2020
·Achieve glass recycling targets of 78% (2018), 79% (2019), 80% (2020)
·Achieve plastic recycling targets of 53% (2018), 55% (2019), 57% (2020)

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Amends the 2007 PRO Packaging Waste Regulations to establish progressively higher recovery and recycling targets (80–82% overall; material-specific targets ranging 38–85%) for 2018–2020, strengthening producer responsibility obligations for packaging waste streams.

Covered Products

·Packaging waste - Glass
·Packaging waste - Plastic
·Packaging waste - Aluminium
·Packaging waste - Steel
·Packaging waste - Paper/Board
·Packaging waste - Wood

Producer Obligations

·Achieve overall packaging waste recovery target of 80% in 2018, 81% in 2019, and 82% in 2020
·Achieve glass recycling targets of 78% (2018), 79% (2019), 80% (2020)
·Achieve plastic recycling targets of 53% (2018), 55% (2019), 57% (2020)
·Achieve aluminium recycling targets of 58% (2018), 61% (2019), 64% (2020)
·Achieve steel recycling targets of 79% (2018), 82% (2019), 85% (2020)
·Achieve paper/board recycling targets of 71% (2018), 73% (2019), 75% (2020)
·Achieve wood recycling targets of 38% (2018), 43% (2019), 48% (2020)
·Comply with recycling allocation 'B' of 30 for each of the years 2018 to 2020 (applicable to small producers)

Key Deadlines

Dec 31, 2018compliance: Meet 2018 recovery target (80%) and material-specific recycling targets

Dec 31, 2019compliance: Meet 2019 recovery target (81%) and material-specific recycling targets

Dec 31, 2020compliance: Meet 2020 recovery target (82%) and material-specific recycling targets

Preemption Notes

This is a UK statutory instrument amending existing 2007 regulations; it operates within the UK's devolved and national legislative framework and implements obligations derived from EU Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.

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Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st January 2018.

Amendment of Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007

1
Schedule 2 to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 (recovery and recycling obligations) is amended as follows.

For paragraph 5, substitute—

The following is prescribed as the recovery target “X”—

a
for the year 2018, 80%;

b
for the year 2019, 81%;

c
for the year 2020, 82%.

In paragraph 6, for Table 2 substitute—

Table 2
Recycling targets

Materials 2018 2019 2020
Glass 78 79 80 Plastic 53 55 57 Aluminium 58 61 64 Steel 79 82 85 Paper/Board 71 73 75 Wood 38 43 48

For paragraph 8 substitute—

The recycling allocation “B” is 30 for each of the years 2018 to 2020.

Thérèse Coffey
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
7th December 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of these Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. 2007/871 ). Those Regulations impose on producers the obligation to recover and recycle packaging waste in order to attain the recovery and recycling targets set out in Article 6(1) of European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste ( OJ No L 365, 31.12.94, p10).
These Regulations establish new recycling targets for paper, aluminium, steel and wood for 2018 to 2020. The target for recycling plastic and glass for 2018 to 2020 is continued. The recycling allocation for small producers for 2013 to 2017 is continued for 2018 to 2020.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Producer Responsibility Unit at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Level 2, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk .

1995 c. 25 .

S.I. 2007/871 , amended by S.I. 2012/3082 , 2016/1146 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

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