Written Question · S3W-13633 · Session 3
What powers it has to enforce compliance by retailers with any targets set for reducing the volume of excess packaging waste.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has to enforce compliance by retailers with any targets set for reducing the volume of excess packaging waste.
The answer
In respect of excess packaging use, none; technical standards of this nature are reserved.
In respect of packaging waste, The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 obligate medium and large companies, including retailers, to recycle and recover packaging waste proportionate to the amounts of packaging that they use. Failure to do so is an offence. The regulations are enforced by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
Although concerned with packaging waste the regulations nevertheless act as an incentive on businesses to curb their packaging use. That is, the less packaging a company uses the less its associated recycling and recovery costs will be.
In respect of packaging waste, The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 obligate medium and large companies, including retailers, to recycle and recover packaging waste proportionate to the amounts of packaging that they use. Failure to do so is an offence. The regulations are enforced by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
Although concerned with packaging waste the regulations nevertheless act as an incentive on businesses to curb their packaging use. That is, the less packaging a company uses the less its associated recycling and recovery costs will be.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-13633 by reference.