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2019 © Valpak All Rights Reserved Resources and Waste Strategy Dominique Barry – Strategic Account Manager
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Resources and Waste Strategy
Dominique Barry – Strategic Account Manager
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Agenda
• Background
• Consultations timeline
• Extended Producer Responsibility
• The Resources and Waste Strategy commitments on waste management
• Packaging consultations
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Background
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2017 2018 2019
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Main aims
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Resource efficiency
Minimise waste and environmental impact of waste
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Scope
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Defra has committed to working with Devolved Administrations to align regimes where possible to reduce impacts on businesses and organisations which operate across the UK
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Consultations Timeline
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Considerations:
• Definitions
• Topics to cover in each consultation
• Interaction between consultations
• Policy coherence and consistency
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Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
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• Focus on EPR and application of the “polluter pays” principle
• Existing EPR schemes will be reviewed and reformed where necessary
(Packaging, WEEE, Batteries and End of Life Vehicles)
• New products to be considered for EPR
• Principles for all EPR Schemes:
• Clear targets, roles and responsibilities
• Must meet full net cost requirements
• All producers to pay, either directly or via costs in the supply chain
• Modulated fees or other economic incentives to encourage better design
• Increased transparency and coherent and consistent with other policy
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Extended Producer Responsibility – WEEE and Batteries
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WEEE
• Product design
• Tackling online seller free-riding
• Review of Distributor Take back Scheme
Batteries
• Sealed Lead Acid recycling rate
• Changing types and uses of batteries
• How to increase portable battery collections
• Chemistry-specific targets?
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Resources and Waste Management
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End-of-waste guidance
Monitoring of exports
Investment in domestic infrastructure
Supply and quality of, and demand for, recyclate
Hazardous Waste Regulations review
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Waste Crime
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• This has been a Defra focus over the last 1 – 2 years, with several consultation carried out
• Consultation on Waste Duty of Care and the carriers / brokers / dealers regime
• Call for evidence on improving quality of exported plasticsConsultations
• The exemptions regime review will be concludedExemptions
• Increased intelligence-sharing: Joint Unit for Waste Crime Enforcement
• Increased tracking of waste movementsDuty of Care
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Territorial scope of packaging consultations
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Consultation (Defra lead) Territorial scope
Packaging Reform England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
DRS England, Wales, Northern IrelandAlso seeks UK-wide approach
Consistent Collections England
Consultation (HM Treasury lead) Territorial scope
Plastic Tax UK-wide Working closely with DAs
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Packaging Consultations – Links and key points
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• Consultation on reforming the UK Packaging producer responsibility system (deadline 13 May 2019)• Revised targets
• Proposed amendments to definition of packaging and producers
• Full Net Costs to be met
• Four operating model options
• Plastic Packaging Tax (deadline 12 May 2019)• There is also Plastic Packaging Tax (high-level consultation) (deadline 12 May 2019)
• Tax to be applied to manufacturers and importers of plastic packaging with less than 30% recycled content
• Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (deadline 13 May 2019)• Two proposed options: “all-in” or “on-the-go”
• Milk containers proposed to be excluded
• Consultation on Consistency in Household and Business Recycling Collections in England (deadline 13 May 2019)• Consistent collections of core set of dry recyclables
• Proposals regarding separate food waste and garden waste collections
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Q&A
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