Consultation on revising the requirements regarding evidence of broad equivalence for export reprocessing sites
This consultation, presented by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department of the Environment Northern Ireland, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Assembly Government, ask for view on proposed amendments to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007.
It discusses proposals to revise requirements regarding evidence of broad equivalent conditions for export reprocessing sites, and on the partial Impact Assessment which supports the proposals.
This consultation explores how to:
1. Facilitate the achievement of the recycling targets for 2008 and subsequent years for waste metal packaging by making sure that as much of the material reprocessed in facilities outside the EU which operate under “broadly equivalent” conditions as possible can be counted against the UK target;
2. Keep the cost of compliance for metals packaging producers to a manageable level;
3. Safeguard the environmental standards enshrined in Article 6(2) of the Packaging Directive.
Responses should be received no later than 29 April 2008.
The full text of the consultation can be accessed from:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/metalwaste-reprocess/consultation.pdf
Further information about the consultation is available from:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/metalwaste-reprocess/index.htm
Source: www.defra.gov.uk (accessed 03/04/08)