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Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations, 2007

The Waste Management Packaging Regulations were first introduced in 1997.  The main purpose of the Regulations is to assist Ireland achieve national packaging recovery targets set under EU Directive 94/62/EC.  To-date all recovery targets set by the EU have been achieved, however we are now required to achieve a new target of 60% recovery of all packaging waste by December 2011.

The Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations, 2007  came into effect on 31 March 2008. They place obligations on companies (Producers) that place packaging, packaging material or packaged products on the Irish market.  All Producers must segregate their packaging waste arising on site into specified waste streams and ensure that it is recycled or recovered.  Producers with a turnover of  €1m that place 10 tonnes of packaging on to the market (Major Producer) are further obligated to either join Repak or register with their Local Authority (Self Comply). 

For further information please see Explanatory Booklet below.
 

The Waste Management (Packaging) Regulation 2007 can be downloaded from the link below.

Self compliance: related application forms

Self compliers accepting packaging waste

Fingal County Council wishes to advise the public that in addition to the recycling facilities provided by the Council, the companies listed in the document below are obliged to accept packaging waste free of charge from the public at their premises at all reasonable times.

The packaging need not necessarily have been purchased at the premises concerned, but must be of a type supplied by the company, as specified in the table in the document below.