The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 No. 1146


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Statutory Instruments

2016 No. 1146

Environmental Protection

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

Made

22nd November 2016

Laid before Parliament

25th November 2016

Coming into force

20th December 2016

The Secretary of State, having had regard to the matters specified in section 93(6) of the Environment Act 1995 ("the Act")(1) and after consultation in accordance with section 93(2) of the Act, makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 93(1) and (8) and 94(1)(b), (c) and (d), and (7) of the Act.

Citation and commencement

1.  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

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

(2) In paragraph 3(4)-

(a)for the formula substitute-

(b)omit the definition of "W".

(3) In paragraph 6-

(a)omit "at the head of the subsequent columns";

(b)for Table 2 substitute-

"Table 2: Recycling targets

Materia20162017201820192020
Glass7777787980
Plastic4951535557
20162017
Aluminium5255
Steel7576
Paper/Board69.569.5
Wood2222."

(4) Omit paragraph 6A.

Revocation of 2014 Regulations

3.  The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2014(3) 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.

(2)

S.I. 2007/871, amended by S.I. 2012/3082, 2013/1857, 2014/2890; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.


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