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Packaging Recycling

Packaging Recycling. Philip Law Public & Industrial Affairs Director British Plastics Federation 6 th November, 2012, Rochdale. Legislative Background. EU Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste (94/62/EC – 20 th December 1994)

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Packaging Recycling

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  1. Packaging Recycling Philip Law Public & Industrial Affairs Director British Plastics Federation 6th November, 2012, Rochdale

  2. Legislative Background • EU Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste (94/62/EC – 20th December 1994) • Aimed to limit packaging waste and promote recycling and recovery • All packaging: household, industrial, commercial • Recovery and recycling targets • Recovery targets by material by 2008 (weight) • 60% glass, paper, board • 50% metals • 22.5% plastics • 15% wood

  3. The UK • Had to be transposed into UK law • Different countries different approaches • True harmonisation? • The Producer Responsibility Obligations (packaging waste) 1997 • Collective Producer Responsibility principle • Whole chain responsibility • If over £2 million turnover • Handling >50 tonnes packaging/annum

  4. The UK System • Continental approach – ‘Greendot’ • Visible logo on packaged goods • Packaging companies buy right to use a logo • UK approach • Unique - each firm has a precise responsibility to organise recycling of a specific tonnage of material • Unique: each firm has a precise responsibility to organise recycling of a specific tonnage of material

  5. The UK System • Calculation of responsibility • Raw material manufacturer = 6% • Converter = 9% • Packer/Filler = 37% • Seller = 48% • Importer = Rolled up obligation

  6. The UK System • Example • Converter produces or uses 500 tonnes of packaging • Say target is 25% recycling rate • 125 tonnes of packaging needs attention • He is responsible for 9% = 11.25 tonnes • Demonstrate fulfilment of obligations by holding Producer Responsibility Notes to value of your ‘obligated’ volume

  7. Producer Responsibility Notes (PRN’s) • PRN’s issued by ‘accredited reprocessors’ (Environment Agency) • Obligated company buys PRN’s • Do it yourself • Get a third party to do it • Directly from a recycler • Open market platforms • ‘The Environment Exchange’ • ‘PRN Runner’

  8. Compliance Organisations • OR…. • Can join a ‘Compliance Organisation’ to do it for you e.g. Valpak • Will buy the PRN’s for you • Membership fee:

  9. Compliance Organisations • PRN cost per tonne

  10. Issues • Definition of what you are covering – ‘packaging’, ‘flooring’ etc. • How realistic are targets ? • Handling ‘free-riders’ – ‘de minimis’ • In companies: • Set up: need a ‘champion’ • Data collection • Can lead to minimisation • Additional and possibly unpredictable costs

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