The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997

Regulation 3(6)

SCHEDULE 10UNITED KINGDOM'S RECOVERY AND RECYCLING TARGETS

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.