Producer Responsibility
Producer responsibility in the UK is a
policy tool that is an extension of the "polluter pays" principle,
and is aimed at ensuring that businesses who place products on the
market take responsibility for those products once they have
reached the end of their life.
The following Directives were identified in the
European Union's Fifth Environment Action Programme as "priority
waste streams" because of growing concern about their impact on the
environment.
- EC Directive on Packaging & Packaging Waste
(94/62/EC
)
- EC Directive on Waste Electrical &
Electronic Equipment (2002/96/EC
)
- EC Directive on End of Life Vehicles (2000/53/EC
)
- EC Directive on Waste Batteries &
Accumulators (2006/66/EC
)
These Directives clearly place responsibility on
producers to bear the costs of collection, sorting or treatment and
recycling or recovery. All of these Directives have been
transposed into UK law.
For more information on how the UK Regulations
may affect your business please follow the links on the menu
bar.