Environmental Guidance - Packaging Regulations
If a business handles more than 50 tonnes of packaging per year and has a turnover of over £2million, the business must comply with the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2005.
“Packaging handled” can be summarised as packaging or packaging materials that are owned by the producer and on which an activity from the ‘packaging chain’ is performed prior to supply onto the next stage in the packaging chain or to the final user.
Each step in the packaging chain has a different recycling obligation. The chain includes the following activities:
• manufacturing raw materials for packaging
• converting raw materials into packaging
• filling packaging
• selling packaging goods to the final user
• importing packaging
If the thresholds are surpassed, the company has an obligation and should ensure that it is complying with the legislation. This will involve gathering information concerning the volume of each type of packaging handled by the company for the previous calendar year and registering with the environment agency.
The following may be of some help to businesses who may surpass the thresholds and have an obligation:
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