Is Your Business Obligated Under the Regulations?

Businesses are obligated if:

• they have an annual turnover of greater than 2 million per annum and
  they handle more than 50 tonnes of packaging annually and
  they own the packaging or packaged goods on which the activities are carried out and
  they supply to another stage in the packaging chain or to the final user or, in the case of imported packaging, are the end user of that packaging and
  they perform at least one of the activities specified below:

• manufacture of packaging raw materials (Example - the manufacture of plastic powder flakes)
• converting materials into packaging (Example - converting plastic granules into rolls of film)
• using packaging to pack products (Example - stacking goods onto a pallet and wrapping them in film)
• selling packaging to the final consumer (Example - selling a product in a plastic tray)
• importing of packaging or packaging materials into the UK
• service provision of packaging (Example - leasing out of pallets)

Current obligations

The obligations are based on:

• how much packaging you handled over the previous year
• what activities you are involved in
• national recovery and recycling targets

Obligated businesses must:

• either register directly with us or join an approved compliance scheme and submit data on packaging handled
• recover and recycle specified tonnages of packaging waste
• certify that their obligations have been met
• if their main activity is that of seller, inform customers of their role in increasing recovery and recycling as well as the return, collection and recovery systems available to them