UK announces annual packaging waste targets
The UK environment ministry yesterday announced new targets for increasing the
proportion of packaging waste that businesses must recover or recycle. In its
annual target-setting exercise, the ministry has decided that this year recovery
must reach 59% and material-specific recycling 19%. These targets are marginally
more ambitious than last year\'s, which were 56% and 18% respectively. Of
greater interest than the 2002 goals is the question of whether last year\'s
were met. The 2001 targets are crucial because compliance with these would mean
that the UK has succeeded in meeting an important EU deadline under the 1994
packaging waste directive. This stipulates that, by 2001, member states had to
achieve a recovery rate of 50%, a general recycling rate of 25% and 15%
material-specific recycling. The UK\'s own 2001 targets appear higher than the
EU ones, but are in fact designed to be equivalent, since British small
businesses are not required to participate in the recovery and recycling system.
A ministry spokesperson told Environment Daily that it should soon have the
necessary data to release overall achievement figures. Zdroj: ENDS
The UK environment ministry yesterday announced new targets for increasing the proportion of packaging waste that businesses must recover or recycle. In its annual target-setting exercise, the ministry has decided that this year recovery must reach 59% and material-specific recycling 19%. These targets are marginally more ambitious than last year\'s, which were 56% and 18% respectively.
Of greater interest than the 2002 goals is the question of whether last year\'s were met. The 2001 targets are crucial because compliance with these would mean that the UK has succeeded in meeting an important EU deadline under the 1994 packaging waste directive. This stipulates that, by 2001, member states had to achieve a recovery rate of 50%, a general recycling rate of 25% and 15% material-specific recycling.
The UK\'s own 2001 targets appear higher than the EU ones, but are in fact designed to be equivalent, since British small businesses are not required to participate in the recovery and recycling system. A ministry spokesperson told Environment Daily that it should soon have the necessary data to release overall achievement figures.
Zdroj: ENDS
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