UK: Alternatives to Packaging Recovery Notes PRNs outlined

In a new report, the Environmental Services Association (ESA) has outlined options for the future of the Packaging Recovery Notes (PRN) system, the UK’s market-based system of tradable recycling certificates.
The report says developing a new packaging waste regime for the UK would present a unique challenge, and the best way the UK can benefit from European experience is to mix and match individual elements of different systems. The report assumes that UK recycling targets for packaging waste will increase to some extent, irrespective of the nature of the UK’s future relationship with the EU and looks at the pros and cons of four possible options (Press Release ESA, 18 October 2016).
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Click here for the report (740 kB).
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