SR 2020/345

SR 2020/345.  The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020.  Coming into force 11^th January. These Regulations amend SR 2007/198 Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007.  These Regulations replace the EU recovery and recycling targets, in accordance with Directive (EU) 2018/852, with a recycling obligation on producers. They also establish new material specific recycling targets for paper/board, plastic, glass, aluminium, steel and wood as well as the specific re-melt target for glass. The recycling allocation for small producers for 2018 to 2020 is changed for 2021 and 2022.