Packaging - extended producer responsibility: island communities impact assessment

Footnotes

1 Reforming the UK packaging producer responsibility system: Partial Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA)

2 Island communities impact assessments: guidance and toolkit

3 EPR Consultation Government response (publishing.service.gov.uk), page 7.

4 Packaging waste | Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)

5 The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 (legislation.gov.uk)

6 Obligated businesses are those who place more than 50 tonnes of packaging and have a turnover of more than £2 million per year.

7 Plastic bottles: Turning Back the Plastic Tide (parliament.uk), paragraph 38.

8 Consultation on reforming the UK packaging producer responsibility system - Defra - Citizen Space

9 Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging - Defra - Citizen Space

10 Consultation on Reforms to the Packaging Waste Recycling Note (PRN) and Packaging Waste Export Recycling Note (PERN) System and Operator Approval - Defra - Citizen Space

11 Reforming the UK packaging producer responsibility system: Partial Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA) - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

12 Note that the £1.2bn includes c. £100m for managing packaging disposed of in street bins. Along with the other UK governments, we intend to bring forward legislation to address this element of packaging EPR at a later date, to be in force by 2026.

13 EPR Consultation Government response template (publishing.service.gov.uk), page 7.

14 Explore the National Outcomes | National Performance Framework

15 Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (legislation.gov.uk)

16 Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (legislation.gov.uk)

17 Securing a green recovery on a path to net zero: climate change plan 2018–2032 - update - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

18 THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable Development (un.org)

19 Making Things Last: a circular economy strategy for Scotland - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

20 Scotland's Zero Waste Plan - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

21 Safeguarding Scotland's resources: blueprint for a more resource-efficient and circular economy - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

22 Chapter 5 Waste and the Circular Economy - 3.5. Waste and the Circular Economy - Securing a green recovery on a path to net zero: climate change plan 2018–2032 - update - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

23 Scotland's Circular Economy and Waste Route Map to 2023 Consultation (www.gov.scot)

24 Plastic Packaging Tax: steps to take - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

25 Directive (EU) 2018/ of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (europa.eu)

26 Circular Economy Package policy statement - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

27 New EU rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging | News | European Parliament (europa.eu)

28 UK packaging producer responsibility system reform: partial island communities screening assessment

29 EPR Consultation Government response template (publishing.service.gov.uk)

30 Zero Waste Scotland, unpublished due to commercial sensitivity

31 Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2020 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

32 2020-household-statistics-commentary-final-v2b-002.pdf (sepa.org.uk)

33 Reforming the UK packaging producer responsibility system - Partial island communities screening assessment (www.gov.scot)

34 Transport Scotland's ferry services | Audit Scotland, last accessed 15th May 2024

35 Scottish Ferry Services: Ferries Plan (2013-2022) | Transport Scotland

36 Islands Connectivity Plan | Transport Scotland

37 Islands Communities Impact Assessment - Deposit return scheme for Scotland: islands communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

38 Chapter I Introduction - Gaelic language plan 2022 to 2027 - Introduction (www.gov.scot)

39 Chapter I Introduction - Gaelic language plan 2022 to 2027 - Introduction (www.gov.scot)