# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, Schedule 10: UNITED KINGDOM'S RECOVERY AND RECYCLING TARGETS


The United Kingdom’s recovery and recycling targets are—
(a) no later than the year 2001 between 50 per cent as a minimum and 65 per cent as a maximum by weight of the packaging waste is to be recovered; and
(b) within this general target and with the same time limit between 25 per cent as a minimum and 45 per cent as a maximum by weight of the totality of packaging materials contained in packaging waste are to be recycled with a minimum of 15 per cent by weight for each packaging material.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/648/schedule/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-waste-regulations-1997/schedule-10
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