2023 No. 219

Environmental Protection

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes these regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50 of, and paragraphs 1(1) and 2(2) of Schedule 4 to, the Environment Act 2021 (“the Act”)1 and now vested in it2.

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes these Regulations after consultation in accordance with paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to the Act and is satisfied as to the matters specified in paragraph 9(1) of that Schedule.

Citation and commencementI11

These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and come into operation on 1st February 2024.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Reg. 1 in operation at 1.2.2024, see reg. 1

Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007I22

1

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20073 are amended as follows.

2

In Schedule 2 (recycling obligations)––

a

in paragraph 3(4), in the formula, for “72” substitute “75”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Reg. 2 in operation at 1.2.2024, see reg. 1

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on the 18th December 2023.

seal_r00001Shane DorisA senior officer of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of these Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.I. 2007 No. 198) (the “2007 Regulations”). Those Regulations impose on producers obligations to recycle packaging waste in order to attain overall recycling and material-specific recycling targets.

These Regulations update the formula used in the calculation of the amount of glass packaging waste to be recycled by re-melt.