UKuksi/2016/1146Enacted

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Jurisdiction:: United Kingdom
Type:: EPR
Last action:: Jan 1, 2016

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Obligations under this law

·Recover and recycle packaging waste to meet material-specific recycling targets as set out in amended Schedule 2, Table 2 of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007
·Meet Glass recycling targets: 77% (2016), 77% (2017), 78% (2018), 79% (2019), 80% (2020)
·Meet Plastic recycling targets: 49% (2016), 51% (2017), 53% (2018), 55% (2019), 57% (2020)

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Amends the 2007 Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations to establish new, more stringent recycling targets for plastic (49–57%), glass (77–80%), and other packaging materials through 2020, strengthening EPR obligations on producers.

Covered Products

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

Producer Obligations

·Recover and recycle packaging waste to meet material-specific recycling targets as set out in amended Schedule 2, Table 2 of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007
·Meet Glass recycling targets: 77% (2016), 77% (2017), 78% (2018), 79% (2019), 80% (2020)
·Meet Plastic recycling targets: 49% (2016), 51% (2017), 53% (2018), 55% (2019), 57% (2020)
·Meet Aluminium recycling targets: 52% (2016), 55% (2017)
·Meet Steel recycling targets: 75% (2016), 76% (2017)
·Meet Paper/Board recycling targets: 69.5% (2016), 69.5% (2017)
·Meet Wood recycling targets: 22% (2016), 22% (2017)
·Calculate recovery/recycling obligations using the amended formula in paragraph 3(4): 67(L x B x Y)/100 = G

Key Deadlines

Dec 20, 2016compliance: Regulations come into force; amended recycling targets and formula apply from this date

Dec 31, 2016compliance: End of compliance year for 2016 recycling targets: Glass 77%, Plastic 49%, Aluminium 52%, Steel 75%, Paper/Board 69.5%, Wood 22%

Dec 31, 2017compliance: End of compliance year for 2017 recycling targets: Glass 77%, Plastic 51%, Aluminium 55%, Steel 76%, Paper/Board 69.5%, Wood 22%

Dec 31, 2018compliance: End of compliance year for 2018 recycling targets: Glass 78%, Plastic 53%

Dec 31, 2019compliance: End of compliance year for 2019 recycling targets: Glass 79%, Plastic 55%

Dec 31, 2020compliance: End of compliance year for 2020 recycling targets: Glass 80%, Plastic 57%

Preemption Notes

UK statutory instrument amending existing UK-wide packaging waste regulations; revokes SI 2014/2890 which it supersedes. No devolution or preemption conflicts identified within the text.

Compliance Dimensions

Collection / Recovery Targets77% Glass by 2016 (Material Specific); 77% Glass by 2017 (Material Specific); 78% Glass by 2018 (Material Specific)

“Table 2: Recycling targets Materia 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Glass 77 77 78 79 80 Plastic 49 51 53 55 57 2016 2017 Aluminium 52 55 Steel 75 76 Paper/Board 69.5 69.5 Wood 22 22.”

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Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 20th December 2016.

Amendment of 2007 Regulations

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

In paragraph 3(4)—

for the formula substitute—

67 ( L × B × Y )

100

= G

;

omit the definition of “W”.

In paragraph 6—

omit “at the head of the subsequent columns”;

for Table 2 substitute—

Table 2: Recycling targets

Materia 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Glass 77 77 78 79 80 Plastic 49 51 53 55 57 2016 2017 Aluminium 52 55 Steel 75 76 Paper/Board 69.5 69.5 Wood 22 22.

Omit paragraph 6A.

Revocation of 2014 Regulations

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 are revoked.

Thérèse Coffey
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
22nd November 2016

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 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 ( OJ No L 365, 31.12.94, p10). These Regulations establish new recycling targets for plastic for 2016 to 2020 and for glass for 2018 to 2020. The target for recycling by re-melt for 2016 and 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 , 2013/1857 , 2014/2890 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

S.I. 2014/2890 .

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