Organisation
In 1997, Repak Ltd. was established under a voluntary agreement between Industry and Government as a solution to the responsibilities placed on suppliers of all types of packaging by the EU Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste (94/62/EC), subsequently implemented by the Waste Management Act, 1996 and the Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations 1997 ("the Regulations").
National legislation stipulates a recovery target of 25% by weight of packaging waste arising by June 2001. In summary, our national recovery targets are:
A minimum recovery of 25% by weight of all packaging waste by June 2001; and between 50% and 60% recovery, with stipulations, as per the EU Directive by 2005. Along with Greece and Portugal, Irish targets were initially set lower than most other European countries to allow for the development of a more comprehensive waste management infrastructure.
For Members of Repak, a target of 27% was agreed between Industry and the Government. In addition, it was agreed that this target would be met in a split of 80% commercial and industrial packaging waste / 20% household packaging waste arisings.
