The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007

These Regulations (which apply to Great Britain) impose on producers the obligation to recover and recycle packaging waste, and related obligations, in order for the United Kingdom to attain the recovery and recycling targets set out in Article 6(1) of 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 (“the Packaging Waste Directive”).

Author: Ben Bradshaw, Minister of State Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs

Last modified: 2017-07-17