What are the obligations placed upon a company?
The three main obligations are: i. Registration A companyis required to register with the Environment Agency (EA), either directly or through a compliance scheme such as TaGPack. The company must pay a fee to the EA, and submit to the Environment Agency or compliance scheme packaging data for the obligated year ii. Recovery and Recycling A company is required to take reasonable steps to recover and recycle specific tonnages of packaging waste calculated on 3 factors: a) The tonnage of packaging handled in the obligated year b) The “activities” that the producer performs and the “percentage obligation” attached to each activity c) The national recovery and recycling targets iii Certifying A producer must certify to the EA by 31 January following the obligated year that it has recovered and recycled the necessary tonnage of packaging waste. If you join a compliance scheme all the above obligations are taken on by the scheme.
