legislation update: the packaging regulations, the weee regulations and the batteries directive...
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Legislation Update: The Packaging Regulations, the WEEE Regulations and the
Batteries Directive
Tessa Bowering
Environment Officer (Waste)
THE PACKAGING REGULATIONS The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste)
(Amendment)Regulations 2008 – came into force on 14th March 2008. Increase targets for recovery and recycling.
The higher targets will save this year 8m tonnes of CO2 from being emitted into the Earth’s atmosphere.
The targets will increase again over the following 2 years to realise a further saving of 258,097 tonnes of Co2 in 2009 and 285,436 tonnes in 2010
Over the next year Defra will be working with in industry, LAs, WRAP and others to develop a package of measures to increase aluminium recycling
Aluminium is one of the Waste Strategy’s priority materials, high value and carbon rich.
Recovery targets 72% recovery target for 2008
2009 target = 73% 2010 target = 74%
Material Specific Recycling Targets: 2008
Glass 78% Aluminium 35% Steel 68% Paper 67.5% Plastic 26% Wood 20.5%
Recycling Targets
Material 2007 2008 2009 2010 Glass 69.5 78 80 81 Aluminium 31 35 38 40 Steel 57.7 68 68.5 69 Paper/Board 67 67.5 68.5 69.5 Plastic 24 26 27 29 Wood 20 20.5 21 22
Amendment Regulations The WEEE (Amendment) Regulations 2007 Came into force on 1 January 2008 Five main areas : - the counting and evidencing of whole appliances for
re-use - the issuing of evidence of WEEE to the nearest kg - the right of the final holder of WEEE from private
householders to return it to the system FOC - extension of deadline for issuing evidence (from
February to April) - SoS prescribing the format for distributor records
Progress on the Development of the UK WEEE System There are a total of 1556 DCFs – meets the Directive requirement to
establish an adequate network of collection facilities from household WEEE.
PCS: 37 approved and operational. The approval is valid for 3 compliance periods i.e 1 July 2007 – 31 December 2009
Producer registrations: 4065. 1.51 million tonnes of household EEE placed on the UK market
DTS: 2680 members (as of 5/11/07) AATFs – 158 applications covering 283 sites in first compliance
period. 117 applications covering 202 sites approved for second compliance period.
AEs – 41 approved in the first compliance period, 32 applications received for second compliance period
Provisional figures (first 3 months of the WEEE system) indicates that in excess of 100,000 tonnes of household WEEE have been separtaly collected.
Further information and guidance Internet
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/weee
including FAQs and details of approved Producer Compliance Schemes
www.netregs.gov.uk Telephone us
08708 506506 Email us
Please put WEEE in the subject line
EU BATTERIES DIRECTIVE The new batteries’ directive came into force on the
6th September 2006. UK has until September 2008 to introduce the
necessary regulations New Directive affects any business, including
manufacturers and importers, that sell batteries and accumulators in the EU.
It will also affect third parties involved in collecting, treating and recycling batteries as well as businesses that throw away waste batteries (some of which are classified as hazardous waste)
Key Provisions of the Directive Restrictions on the use of mercury and cadmium in batteries Labelling requirements for new batteries to aid consumer
choice and recycling A 25% collection rate for waste portable batteries to be met
by September 2012, rising to 45% by September 2016 A prohibition on the disposal by landfill or incineration of
waste industrial and automotive batteries – in effect setting a 100% collection and recycling target
The introduction of producer responsibility obligations The setting of recycling efficiencies to ensure that a high
proportion of the weight of waste batteries is recycled The setting of waste battery treatment standards For further information
http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment/Waste/ProducerResponsibilityobligations/batteries
Thank You
Tessa [email protected]
Please note: This presentation provides a summary of some but not all of the WEEE Directive’s requirements. It was written on 17 October 2006. You are advised to refer to the text of the Directive and subsequent UK Regulations. Commencement dates are subject to confirmation. Nothing in this presentation is intended to be a definitive statement of law.