An insight into how packaging recovery works

摘要

The Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste 94/62/EC sets targets for recovering and recycling packaging waste. It was adopted in 1994 and has been implemented in UK law since 1997 through the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations. These regulations require packaging producers to achieve annual increases In recycling and recovery targets for packaging, based on the amount of material they place on the market. Any business handling more than 50 tonnes of packaging and with financial turnover of more than 2 million pounds is obligated if it undertakes any of the following: manufacturing raw materials for packaging converting materials into packaging filling packaging selling packaging to the final user importing packaging or packaging materials.