1. What is the general legislative framework regulating packaging and plastic waste in your jurisdiction?
General waste management controls in the EU that apply to packaging and plastics waste are found largely in the following measures:
- Directive 2008/98/EC as amended (the Waste Framework Directive), which sets out a legal framework for dealing with waste and includes, in particular, the definitions of waste, recycling and recovery; end-of-waste criteria; the polluter-pays principle; the concept of waste hierarchy; and the concept of extended producer responsibility (“EPR”).
- Directive 94/62/EC as amended (the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive), which aims to harmonise the management of packaging waste and prevent or reduce the impact of packaging and packaging waste including by setting recovery and recycling targets.
Source CMS Law
