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Statutory Instruments
Environmental Protection, England And Wales
Made
22nd November 2022
Laid before Parliament
23rd November 2022
Coming into force
1st January 2023
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50 of, and paragraphs 1(1) and 2(2) of Schedule 4 to, the Environment Act 2021 (“ the Act”)( 1).
The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 4 to the Act and is satisfied as to the matters specified in paragraph 9(1) of that Schedule.
The Secretary of State has the consent of Welsh Ministers to make these Regulations in accordance with section 50(3) of the Act.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1st January 2023.
(2) These Regulations extend to and apply in relation to England and Wales only.
2.—(1) The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007( 2) are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 2 (recycling obligations)—
(a) for paragraph 5 substitute—
“5. The percentage which is prescribed as the recycling target “X” for the year 2023 is 77% ”;
(b) in paragraph 6—
(i) for “years” substitute “year”,
(ii) for Table 2 in paragraph 6 substitute—
| “Materials | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Glass | 82 |
| Plastic | 61 |
| Aluminium | 69 |
| Steel | 87 |
| Paper/Board | 83 |
| Wood | 35 ” |
(c) in paragraph 8 for “each of” to the end substitute “the year 2023.”
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
22nd November 2022
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. 2007/871). Those Regulations impose on producers obligations to recycle packaging waste in order to attain overall recycling and material-specific recycling targets.
These Regulations set an overall recycling target as well as material-specific recycling targets for 2023 on obligated producers in England and Wales in relation to glass, plastic, aluminium, steel, paper/board and wood.
An impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from the Producer Responsibility Unit at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside this instrument onwww.legislation.gov.uk.
S.I. 2007/871; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/1146, 2020/1336and 2020/1390 (W. 308).
