Scottish Government

Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 (As amended)

This consultation paper outlines options for changes to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 (as amended) and the parallel statutory instruments in the devolved Administrations

August 2003
Paper 2003/20

This document is also available in pdf format (812k)

CONTENTS

Chapter One
Introduction
Addresses for responses
Outline of matters covered in the consultation paper
Summary of proposals
List of questions in the consultation paper

Chapter Two
Recovery and recycling targets

Chapter Three
Registration and data issues

Chapter Four
Monitoring and enforcement

Chapter Five
Increasing the amount of obligated packaging

Chapter Six
The Agency fee

Chapter Seven
End of year arrangements for issue of PRNs and PERNs

Appendices
1 Recommendations to Ministers from the Advisory Committee on Packaging
2 Aluminium packaging arising in the waste stream - Alupro table
3 Target exemplifications - ACP targets
4 European Commission position in relation to incineration of waste as an energy recovery or a waste disposal operation
5 Regulatory Impact Assessment
a RIA of other proposed changes
b. RIA of targets
c. Summary - over-arching RIA