(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007 No.198) (the “2007 Regulations”). The 2007 Regulations impose obligations on producers to recover and recycle packaging waste in order to attain the recovery and recycling targets set out in Article 6(1) of Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (OJ No L 365, 31.12.1994, p.10), as last amended by Directive (EU) 2015/720 (OJ L 115, 6.5.2015. p.11).
These Regulations set the recycling targets for glass and plastic together with the recycling by re-melt glass targets for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this Rule will have on costs to business and the voluntary sector is available from the Producer Responsibility Unit at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Level 2, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside this Rule on www.legislation.gov.uk.