Scottish Statutory Instruments
Environmental Protection
Made
9th November 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
11th November 2022
Coming into force
1st January 2023
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50 and paragraphs 1(1) and 2(2) of schedule 4 of the Environment Act 2021 (“the Act”)(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
The Scottish Ministers have consulted in accordance with paragraph 8 of schedule 4 of the Act and are satisfied as to the matters specified in paragraph 9(1) of schedule 4 of the Act.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1 January 2023.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
2.—(1) In schedule 2 (recycling obligations) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007(2)—
(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 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.”.
LORNA SLATER
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
9th 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 Scotland in relation to glass, plastic, aluminium, steel, paper/board and wood.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument (in combination with similar instruments in England and Wales) 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.
S.I. 2007/871; the relevant amending instrument is S.S.I. 2020/387.