2022 No. 330
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50 and paragraphs 1(1) and 2(2) of schedule 4 of the Environment Act 2021 (“the Act”)1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
The Scottish Ministers have consulted in accordance with paragraph 8 of schedule 4 of the Act and are satisfied as to the matters specified in paragraph 9(1) of schedule 4 of the Act.
Citation, commencement and extent1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1 January 2023.
2
These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 20072
1
In schedule 2 (recycling obligations) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 20072—
a
for paragraph 5, substitute—
5
The percentage which is prescribed as the recycling target “X” for the year 2023 is 77%.
b
in paragraph 6—
i
for “years” substitute “year”
,
ii
for Table 2 substitute—
Table 2Recycling targets
Materials
2023
Glass
82
Plastic
61
Aluminium
69
Steel
87
Paper/Board
83
Wood
35
c
in paragraph 8 for “each of” to the end substitute “the year 2023.”
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(This note is not part of the Regulations)