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Producer Responsibility obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

Draft SI on producer responsibility obligations (packaging waste) (amendment) (England and Wales). Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lead member

Lord Whitty

Department

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Parliamentary proceedings

Date

21 December 2000

Reference

620 c904-5

House

House of Lords

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will make a statement on the impact of the Producers' Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 on the recovery and recycling infrastructure in the last three years. - Inc table and figures.

Asked by

Bill O'Brien (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 November 2000

For answer on

30 November 2000

Answered on

30 November 2000

Mr. Bill O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the impact of the Producers' Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 on the recovery and recycling infrastructure in the last three years. [141180] Mr. Mullin: In the three full years in which the recovery and recycling obligations under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 have been in effect, the recovery and recycling infrastructure in the UK has had to develop to deal with increasing amounts of reprocessing in order to meet interim targets under the Regulations. The following table shows the interim targets in the packaging Regulations, the tonnage of packaging waste estimated to flow into the waste stream in each of the three years, and the amounts of packaging waste recovered and recycled. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998 1999 2000 Targets (recovery and 38 43 45 recycling)--percentage 7 10 13 Tonnage in waste stream-- million 10.2 9.2 9.2 tonnes Recovery (recycling)-- tonnes 3,338,705 3,497,647 {1}2,577,982 (2,890,351) (3,006,342) -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Up to end September 2000 only In 2001, the tonnage of packaging flowing into the UK waste stream is estimated at 9.3 million tonnes, 50 per cent. of which must be recovered if the Directive targets are to be met. The UK recovery and recycling infrastructure will therefore have to deliver some 4.65 million tonnes of packaging waste recovery next year.

Legislation

Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c793W; 141180

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what assessment he has made of progress towards achieving his target of a 28 per cent. increase in the recovery and recycling of packaging materials up to the end of 2001; and if he will make a...

Asked by

Bill O'Brien (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c792-3W; 141179

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of packaging waste that is currently reprocessed is generated from (a) industrial waste, (b) retail waste and (c) local authorities; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.

Asked by

Bill O'Brien (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 November 2000

For answer on

30 November 2000

Answered on

30 November 2000

Mr. Bill O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what percentage of packaging waste that is currently reprocessed is generated from (a) industrial waste, (b) retail waste and (c) local authorities; and if he will make a statement. [141178] Mr. Mullin: Businesses that are obligated to recover and recycle specified tonnages of packaging waste under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations are not required to establish whether the packaging waste is derived from the commercial, industrial or household waste stream. however, of the tonnages of packaging waste that flow into the waste stream in the UK, the amounts of each of the main packaging materials that arises as waste in (a) the commercial/industrial and (b) the household (i.e. collected by local authorities) waste stream are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Commercial/ Household waste stream (%) Total tonnage in waste stream industrial stream (%) Paper 87.5 12.5 3,855,000 Glass 16 84 2,200,000 Aluminium 5 95 120,000 Steel 29 71 750,000 Plastics 35 65 1,678,900 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. As targets for recovery and recycling of packaging waste rise, it is likely that greater amounts of packaging waste from the household waste stream will be collected and recovered.

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c792W; 141178

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what was the total amount of (a) glass, (b) paper, (c) aluminium and (d) plastic recycled in the United Kingdom in each of the last 20 years. - No figures given, disproportionate cost, and ref to Digest...

Asked by

Chris Ruane (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2000

Reference

357 c794W; 141142

House

House of Commons

Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

Draft SI on producer responsibility obligations (packaging waste) (amendment) (England and Wales). Considered by Standing Committee. Agreed to on question.

Lead member

Chris Mullin

Department

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Debates on delegated legislation; Delegated Legislation Committee proceedings

Date

29 November 2000

Reference

5th SC on DL

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Statement on what changes he plans to make to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 for 2001; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures and ref to 'Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000', and 'Note on 2000 Packaging Data', in...

Asked by

Laura Moffatt (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

20 November 2000

For answer on

21 November 2000

Answered on

21 November 2000

Laura Moffatt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what changes he plans to make to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 for 2001; and if he will make a statement. [139899] Mr. Meacher: The Government are proposing to make two changes and have laid before Parliament the draft "Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000" which are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure. The first targets to be met under the EC Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste fall due in 2001. The recovery and recycling obligations placed on producers under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (`the Regulations') are to enable the UK to meet its obligations under the Packaging Waste Directive, in particular, to meet the recovery and recycling targets--that is at least 50 per cent. of packaging waste to be recovered, at least 25 per cent. recycled and 15 per cent. of each packaging material recycled. The recovery carried out in the first three quarters of this year suggests that we are on course to make further progress in 2000 towards the directive targets and I am placing a copy of a "Note on 2000 Packaging Data" in the Library of the House. The Government published a consultation paper in August 2000 on targets for 2001 and proposed, on the basis of the data available at the time, and taking account of estimates for the additional tonnages which were expected to be obligated in 2001, that there should be a recovery target of 58 per cent. and a material-specific recycling target of 18 per cent. for each material. However, because there are now more recent data available from industry, my Department has reviewed all the figures that were used to inform the development of the targets in the consultation paper. The revised figures suggest that a recovery target of 56 per cent., together with a material-specific recycling target of 18 per cent., would allow the UK to discharge its targets under the Packaging Waste Directive, and these are the targets which I am proposing, subject to parliamentary approval. These targets are expected to achieve recovery of 51 per cent. against the 50 per cent. target. We estimate that a cushion of 1 per cent. (which is around 96,000 tonnes) should be sufficient, provided that the underlying data and assumptions are broadly correct. I think it is only prudent to provide a small safety margin to allow for error in the Department's assessment of the additional tonnages which have to be brought within the scope of obligated packaging by 2001 and also to take account of the possibility that the tonnage reported by the smaller businesses (with turnover between £2 million and £5 million) who were obligated for the first time this year may decrease in their second year of obligation, as their figures improve, as was the case with the data provided by the larger (turnover over £5 million) businesses in their second year of obligation. The national targets for next year need to be seen as leading on to higher targets and they need to be high enough to sustain a tighter PRN market and avoid a repeat of the imbalance between supply and demand of reprocessing capacity that has recently prevailed. In the responses to the consultation paper on targets for 2001 a number of comments were made about the UK system. I will be discussing these with the Advisory Committee on Packaging and will be considering with them what issues need to be looked at once the targets for 2001 have been met and once we know the outcome of the review of the packaging directive next year. The Government is also proposing to change the mechanism according to which the registration fee paid each year by members of compliance schemes is determined. I am proposing to replace the previous sliding-scale system with a flat fee of £460 per scheme member per year, regardless of the size of the compliance scheme. The flat fee more accurately reflects the enforcing authorities' monitoring costs and takes account of concerns about a system that was perceived by most compliance schemes to be unfair and anti-competitive. I believe that a registration fee based on an equal-for-all principle will provide for competition between schemes on the grounds of their performance and operational efficiency, rather than on the grounds of a regulatory fee differential.

Date

21 November 2000

Reference

357 c126-7W; 139899

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what assessment he has made of the cost of the Waste Packaging Regulations to (a) consumers and (b) business.

Asked by

Patrick Nicholls (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 November 2000

Reference

357 c72W; 138497

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will extend the period for the introduction of new packaging and labelling rules under the EU Fruit Juice directive from 30 months to five years.

Asked by

Austin Mitchell (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 November 2000

Reference

356 c72W; 136662

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper Dep 00/1615

Fresh mushroom grading and pre-packing sector in Northern Ireland: summary report. NIO. 2000.

Deposited by

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Deposited papers

Date

2 November 2000

Reference

Dep 00/1615

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 21st July, Official Report, 354 c362-3W, if he will assess the impact of the controls added to the drinks industry's code of practice on the merchandising and packaging of alcoholic drinks; pursuant to his Answer...

Asked by

Ben Chapman (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 July 2000

For answer on

23 October 2000

Answered on

23 October 2000

Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 21 July 2000, Official Report, columns 362-63W, (1) if he will assess the impact of the controls added to the drinks industry's code of practice on the merchandising and packaging of alcoholic drinks; [134074] (2) about merchandising and packaging of alcoholic drinks, if he will assess the impact of the measures the drinks industry is taking to ensure alcohol is made less accessible to children. [134072] Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Portman Group's Code of Practice, which is supported by the overwhelming majority of companies involved in the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks, has provided real and substantial benefits. The numbers of complaints and upheld complaints have both fallen; the findings of the independent panel, set up by the Group to consider complaints of breaches of the code, have enjoyed a high degree of compliance; and the Group's system of Retailer Alert Bulletins, advising retailers not to stock offending products in their original packaging, has reduced their availability to the public. Other industry initiatives, including the development and distribution of proof of age cards, should be commended. Nevertheless, it is a cause for great concern that, as separate research studies show, large numbers of children under 18 are able to buy alcohol, both in pubs and in retail outlets. It is for this reason that we have strongly supported the provisions strengthening the law on under-age sales included in the Private Member's Bill introduced by my hon. Friend the Member for Pudsey (Mr. Truswell); and that we have proposed to bring forward further measures to deal with the problem, including the test purchasing of alcohol, as set out in our White Paper "Time for Reform".

Date

23 October 2000

Reference

355 c44W; 134074;134072

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 21st July, Official report, 354 c362-3W about merchandising and packaging of alcoholic drinks, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the provision in the Code of Practice about avoiding artificially bright colours...

Asked by

Ben Chapman (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2000

Reference

355 c45W; 134071;134073

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with representatives of the drinks industry on the application of the code of practice on the naming of alcoholic products.

Asked by

Ben Chapman (Labour)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2000

Reference

355 c45W; 133972

House

House of Commons

Hunt of Kings Heath, Lord

Whether they have any specific proposals to highlight the dangers of passive smoking for children over 10. [HL 3975].

Asked by

Lord Laird (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 October 2000

Reference

HL 3975; 617 c94-5WA

House

House of Lords

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what has been the average fine imposed on firms prosecuted for infringing the Packaging Regulations. - Inc figure.

Asked by

Damian Green (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 July 2000

Reference

354 c769W; 133047

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many firms had been successfully prosecuted for infringing the Packaging Regulations by 30th June. - Inc figure.

Asked by

Damian Green (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 July 2000

Reference

354 c769W; 133046

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what has been the (a) maximum and (b) minimum fine imposed on firms for infringing the Packaging Regulations. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Damian Green (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 July 2000

Reference

354 c768W;354 c769W; 133048

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the number of companies who are required to register under the Packaging Regulations and who had not done so by 30th June. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Damian Green (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 July 2000

Reference

354 c768W;354 c769W; 133045

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what consultations on the packaging regulations and related matters he plans in 2000; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Colin Burgon (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 July 2000

For answer on

25 July 2000

Answered on

25 July 2000

Mr. Burgon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what consultations on the packaging regulations and related matters he plans in 2000; and if he will make a statement. [133098] Mr. Meacher: A consultation on the charging mechanism for registration fees for compliance scheme members was published in May and the responses to that paper will be considered and decisions announced in due course. I will also shortly be issuing a paper with business recovery and recycling targets that the Government propose for 2001. The Government do not intend to carry out any further consultations in 2000. In late 1999, the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions announced that it intended to carry out a consultation on the accreditation system for reprocessors under the packaging regulations, and related matters. However, earlier this year, an application for Judicial Review was made to the courts of a decision taken by the Environment Agency as to who should and who should not be accredited as a reprocessor for the purposes of the packaging regulations. As the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions is a party to this litigation, the proposed consultation will now be deferred until a court ruling has been given. I was also minded to consult industry on proposals that have been put to me to change the operation of the Packaging Waste Recovery Note (PRN) System, but in view of the need for industry to focus fully at this stage on achieving the packaging directive recovery and recycling targets, which must be met in 2001, I have decided to defer the decision on whether to consult on this matter until after the deadline for meeting the directive targets has been met next year.

Date

25 July 2000

Reference

354 c594W; 133098

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what plans he has to distinguish between producer responsibility obligations for packaging that has a high energy contribution to its life cycle, and that which does not.

Asked by

Lord Whitehead (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 July 2000

Reference

128889; 353 c213W;353 c211W

House

House of Commons

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