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These material specific targets were:
These material specific targets were:
* [[Glass]] 60%
* [[Glass]] 60%
* [[Paper]] and [[Cardboard]] 50%
* [[Paper & Card]] 50%
* [[Metal]] 50%
* [[Metal]] 50%
* [[Plastic]] 22.5%
* [[Plastic]] 22.5%
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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 name="dig">[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.
[[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 name="dig">[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 Performance ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ style="caption-side:bottom;"|Packaging Waste and Recycling/Recovery, split by material, UK 2017 (provisional)<ref name="dig" />
|+ style="caption-side:bottom;"|Packaging Waste and Recycling/Recovery, split by material, UK 2017 (provisional)<ref name="dig" />
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| [[Metal]] || style="text-align:right;" | 736 || style="text-align:right;" | 525 || style="text-align:right;" | 71.3% || style="text-align:right;" | 50.0%
| [[Metal]] || style="text-align:right;" | 736 || style="text-align:right;" | 525 || style="text-align:right;" | 71.3% || style="text-align:right;" | 50.0%
|-
|-
|  ''of which'': [[Aluminium]] || style="text-align:right;" | 177 || style="text-align:right;" | 94 || style="text-align:right;" | 53.1% || style="text-align:right;" | z
|  ''of which'': [[Metal|Aluminium]] || style="text-align:right;" | 177 || style="text-align:right;" | 94 || style="text-align:right;" | 53.1% || style="text-align:right;" | z
|-
|-
|  ''of which'': [[Steel]] || style="text-align:right;" | 559 || style="text-align:right;" | 431 || style="text-align:right;" | 77.1% || style="text-align:right;" | z
|  ''of which'': [[Metal|Steel]] || style="text-align:right;" | 559 || style="text-align:right;" | 431 || style="text-align:right;" | 77.1% || style="text-align:right;" | z
|-
|-
| [[Paper]] and [[Cardboard]] || style="text-align:right;" | 4,749 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,754 || style="text-align:right;" | 79.0% || style="text-align:right;" | 60.0%
| [[Paper & Card]] || style="text-align:right;" | 4,749 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,754 || style="text-align:right;" | 79.0% || style="text-align:right;" | 60.0%
|-
|-
| [[Glass]] || style="text-align:right;" | 2,399 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,623 || style="text-align:right;" | 67.6% || style="text-align:right;" | 60.0%
| [[Glass]] || style="text-align:right;" | 2,399 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,623 || style="text-align:right;" | 67.6% || style="text-align:right;" | 60.0%
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Arisings estimates made at point of manufacture.
Arisings estimates made at point of manufacture.


== UK Targets <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/guidance/packaging-producer-responsibilities gov.uk website: Packaging Waste: Producer Responsibilities]</ref>==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Material or Process !! 2017 (%) !! 2018 (%) !! 2019 (%) !! 2020 (%)
|-
| General Recovery || 79 || 80 || 81 || 82
|-
| General Recycling || 92 || 92 || 92 || 92 
|-
| [[Paper & Card]] || 69.5 || 71 || 73 || 75 
|-
| [[Glass]] || 77 || 78 || 79 || 80 
|-
| [[Metal|Aluminium]] || 55 || 58 || 61 || 64
|-
| [[Metal|Steel]] || 76 || 79 || 82 || 85
|-
| [[Plastic]] || 51 || 53 || 55 || 57
|-
| [[Wood]] || 22 || 38 || 43 || 48
|}
The glass remelt target has stayed the same in the glass obligation at 67%.
The recycling factor which is multiplied by turnover to calculate the obligation for small producers has stayed the same at 30%
== References ==
== References ==