Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 1221
Environmental Protection
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made
7th December 2017
Laid before Parliament
7th December 2017
Coming into force
1st January 2018
The Secretary of State 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 Environment Act 1995 (“the Act”)( 1 ).
The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 93(2) of the Act and has had regard to the matters specified in section 93(6).
Citation and commencement
1. 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
2. —(1)Schedule 2 to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 (recovery and recycling obligations)( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph 5, substitute—
“ 5. 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%. ” .
(3) 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 ” . |
(4) For paragraph 8 substitute—
“ 8. 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
S.I. 2007/871 , amended by S.I. 2012/3082 , 2016/1146 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.