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[[Member States]] must continue to meet these minimum standards, but are free to set higher domestic targets if they chose. The provisional figures indicate 70.2% of UK Packaging Waste was either recycled or recovered in 2017 <ref>UK Statistics on Waste | [[Member States]] must continue to meet these minimum standards, but are free to set higher domestic targets if they chose. The provisional figures indicate 70.2% of UK Packaging Waste was either recycled or recovered in 2017 <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste 2019] updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data</ref>. The mechanism used to deliver evidence and drive the Packaging Waste targets is delivered in the UK through the [[PRN]] system. | ||
== UK Targets and Progress == | == UK Targets and Progress == | ||
Revision as of 14:53, 21 November 2019
The Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (as amended) set minimum Recovery (60%) and Recycling (55%) targets for Packaging waste to be met by 31 December 2008, as well as material specific targets.
Material Specific Targets
These material specific targets were:
Member States must continue to meet these minimum standards, but are free to set higher domestic targets if they chose. The provisional figures indicate 70.2% of UK Packaging Waste was either recycled or recovered in 2017 [1]. The mechanism used to deliver evidence and drive the Packaging Waste targets is delivered in the UK through the PRN system.
UK Targets and Progress
References
- ↑ UK Statistics on Waste 2019 updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data