SCHEDULE 10UNITED KINGDOM'S RECOVERY AND RECYCLING TARGETS

Regulation 3(6)

The United Kingdom’s recovery and recycling targets are—

a

no later than the year 2001 between 50 per cent as a minimum and 65 per cent as a maximum by weight of the packaging waste is to be recovered; and

b

within this general target and with the same time limit between 25 per cent as a minimum and 45 per cent as a maximum by weight of the totality of packaging materials contained in packaging waste are to be recycled with a minimum of 15 per cent by weight for each packaging material.