
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and come into operation on 1st January 2024.
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(1) The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 2 (recycling obligations)—
(a) for paragraph 5 substitute—“
5. 
The percentage which is prescribed as the recycling target “X” for the year 2024 is 80%.”;
(b) in paragraph 6, for Table 2 substitute—“

Table 2 Recycling Targets
Materials 2024
Glass 82
Plastic 61
Aluminium 69
Steel 87
Paper/Board 83
Wood 42”
(c) in paragraph 8 for “the year 2023.” substitute “the year 2024.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 26 October 2023.
Shane Doris
A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
