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| Title: | Consultation on recycling targets for packaging for 2008 and thereafter |
| Organisation: | Defra |
| Issued: | 11 October 2007 |
| Deadline: | 30 November 2007 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The consultation paper discusses the overall recovery targets, overall recycling and material-specific recycling targets for packaging waste. It reviews the existing UK targets for 2008 to assess whether they will deliver the targets in the EC Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste that the UK has to meet by 31 December 2008. |
Producer Responsibility and Packaging Waste - an Industry Perspective
by Martin Fryer - Environmental Manager; Geest Plc;
by Martin Fryer - Environmental Manager; Geest Plc;
Geest Plc is a main supplier of branded fresh and prepared food products to all the major supermarket chains in the UK. This article is a case study of the impact on the company of the Producer... (467 words more)