In the UK, this Directive was translated into the Producer Responsibility Obligations introduced in 1997.

This change has been reinforced by legislative pressures such as the Landfill Tax and Producer Responsibility Obligations and changes in technology.

They form a key part of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 which covers Great Britain.

Contents Introduction to Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 Accuracy What has to be counted?

Packaging waste regulations the full name of this law is: The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 (as amended).

Packaging Waste (PRO Obligations) All Producer Responsibility Obligations for packaging waste are undertaken by VALPAK on behalf of Ibstock.

Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 This is the first part of the UKs response to the EU Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste (94/62/EC).

In addition, the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations place a legal obligation on businesses that make or use packaging to ensure that a proportion of the packaging they place on the market is recovered and recycled.

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 (PRO) were approved by Parliament on 6 March 1997 and set targets for British industry for the recovery and recycling of packaging waste.

Packaging Flow Data Form For provision of further information by obligated producers and on behalf of schemes as required under regulations 6, 8, 12 and 14 of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997.

Letter dated 22/02/2016 from Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen to Baroness Jones of Whitchurch regarding the debate on the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016 on 8 Feb 2016.

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007, which originally came into effect at the end of August 1997 in Great Britain and in 1999 in Northern Ireland, was the first 'producer responsibility' legislation in the UK.