
2022 No. 330
Environmental Protection
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022
Made 9th November 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 11th November 2022
Coming into force 1st January 2023

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50 and paragraphs 1(1) and 2(2) of schedule 4 of the Environment Act 2021 (“the Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

The Scottish Ministers have consulted in accordance with paragraph 8 of schedule 4 of the Act and are satisfied as to the matters specified in paragraph 9(1) of schedule 4 of the Act.
Citation, commencement and extent
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 1 January 2023.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007
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(1) In schedule 2 (recycling obligations) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007—
(a) for paragraph 5, substitute—“
5. 
The percentage which is prescribed as the recycling target “X” for the year 2023 is 77%.”,
(b) in paragraph 6—
(i) for “years” substitute “year”,
(ii) for Table 2 substitute—“

Table 2
Recycling targets
Materials 2023
Glass 82
Plastic 61
Aluminium 69
Steel 87
Paper/Board 83
Wood 35”,
(c) in paragraph 8 for “each of” to the end substitute “the year 2023.”.
LORNA SLATER
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
9th November 2022