The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 were made on the 19th February 2008 and will come into force on 14th March 2008. These regulations amend the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 which imposed on producers the obligation to recover and recycle packaging waste, and related obligations.

The 2008 Regulations increase the packaging waste recovery and recycling targets for 2008, 2009 and 2010 imposed on producers by the 2007 Regulations in order to meet the targets set out in Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003, Council Directive 2004/12/EC and Council Directive 2005/20/EC) which the UK must have met by 31 December 2008. The prescribed recovery targets for 2008, 2009 and 2010 in Schedule 2 Paragraph 5 are each increased by 4%. The recycling targets in Paragraph 6 are also increased for Glass, Aluminium, Steel and Plastic.
The full text of the Regulations can be accessed from: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20080413_en_1
 Source: www.opsi.gov.uk  (accessed 03/03/08)

Relevant Training offered by JPD:
Producer Responsibility http://www.jpd.co.uk/courses/pr.htm

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