UK Packaging Waste Regulations

Biscuit Company fined for Non – Compliance under UK Packaging (Waste) Regulations – £39,800 –

Environment Agency accepts an Enforcement Undertaking (EU) from Bahlsen LLP, a multinational company importer of biscuits and other foods. Source: Environmental Undertaking agreement secures £39,800 – Press releases – GOV.UK Under rules relating to the use of packaging, Bahlsen failed to register with the Agency to report the amounts of packaging they imported when they were legally obliged to do so. This continued for 15 years from 1997 until...

2015 Packaging Recycling Targets met with ease (in the end!) – Q4 Packaging Recycling Figures Released Early – Show Very Strong Performance

UK 2015 Packaging Recycling Targets Met with ease – in the end…… The Environment Agency this week published the Quarter 4 2015 Packaging Recycling Figures (PRN Market), surprisingly a month in advance of the release date, perhaps to bring some realism to the market which had got carried away for so early in the 2016 Packaging Compliance Year. All material specific recycling targets were easily met for 2015 with...

Packaging Compliance – PRN Market 2015 Review and Outlook for 2016

PRN Market 2015 Review and Outlook for 2016 The UK Packaging Waste Recovery Note Market, PRN Market, had a volatile end to 2015 with prices in all packaging recycling materials rising, with the exception of Glass which recovered to more reasonable levels following the unprecedented levels of 2012/13 & 14. The issues of concern which were identified in the early part of 2015, in the main involved administrative changes...

DEFRA Consult on changes to the plastic packaging recycling business targets for 2016 & 2017 and glass targets for 2018 – 2020

DEFRA Source: Consultation letter.pdf DEFRA Today launched a consultation to revise the Plastic and Glass Recycling Targets from 2016 – 2020. The consultation remains open until the 23rd December 2015, with a view to making any amendments early in 2016.  A full copy of the consultation can be found at DEFRA website: https://consult.defra.gov.uk/waste/plasticandglasstargets A Summary is provided below. To respond Directly please email packaging@defra.gsi.gov.uk The UK’s Producer Responsibility (Packaging...