
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2018.
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(1) Schedule 2 to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (Recovery and Recycling Obligations)  is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph 5, substitute —“
5. 
The following is prescribed as the recovery target “X” —
(a) for the year 2018, 80%;
(b) for the year 2019, 81%;
(c) for the year 2020, 82%.”.
(3) In paragraph 6, for Table 2 substitute —“

Table 2
Material 2018 2019 2020
Glass 78 79 80
Aluminium 58 61 64
Steel 79 82 85
Paper/Board 71 73 75
Plastic 53 55 57
Wood 38 43 48”.
(4) For paragraph 8 substitute —“
8. 
The recycling allocation “B” is 30 for each of the years 2018 to 2020.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 30th November 2017.
John Mills
A senior officer of the
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
