2016 No. 1146
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, having had regard to the matters specified in section 93(6) of the Environment Act 1995 (“the Act”)1 and after consultation in accordance with section 93(2) of the Act, 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 Act.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 20th December 2016.
Amendment of 2007 Regulations2
1
Schedule 2 to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 (recovery and recycling obligations)2 is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph 3(4)—
a
for the formula substitute—
b
omit the definition of “W”.
3
In paragraph 6—
a
omit “at the head of the subsequent columns”;
b
for Table 2 substitute—
Table 2: Recycling targets
Materia
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Glass
77
77
78
79
80
Plastic
49
51
53
55
57
2016
2017
Aluminium
52
55
Steel
75
76
Paper/Board
69.5
69.5
Wood
22
22.
4
Omit paragraph 6A.
Revocation of 2014 Regulations3
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 20143 are revoked.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)