BS TH 42087  Packaging and Packaging Waste - Europe Order Printed Edition $265.00

This guide is especially helpful for those companies that plan to export packaging materials (or goods that are packaged) to the United Kingdom and/or Europe. The EEC Directive for Packaging and Packaging Waste acts as the basis for UK legislation entitled "Producer Responsibility Obligations." The UK regulations in particular stipulate that all businesses that produce or distribute packaging and packaging materials are responsible for the recovery and recycling of packaging waste. This legislation and the EEC Directive are addressed in this new publication from the British Standards Institute.

• Summarizes the aims of the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive; outlines recovery and recycling targets; lists requirements and responsibilities
• Learn whether or not your company is affected by the UK Producer Responsibility Obligations regulations
• Description of compliance schemes and guidance for companies producing their own
• Description of proposed voluntary harmonized European marks
• Discussion of conformity assessment procedures
• Includes identification system for packaging materials, produced by the EC Commission
• Looks at imports and exports obligations
• Text of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations included