Legal basis
Producers' responsibility on packaging recycling/recovery is mandatory under the Ordinance on Producers' Responsibility for Packaging (SFS 2006:1273).
Under the ordinance all producers, defined as any company manufacturing, importing or selling packaging or packaged goods, are obliged to see to it that there is an appropriate collection and recovery system for their packaging. This is normally dealt with, by joining REPA.
Targets for recycling (by material) and total recovery
Recycling quota
|
Material |
Recycling 2006 |
Recovery 2006 |
Recovery target
(whereof recycling)
|
|
Paper/carton/corrugated board |
71,9 % |
71,9 % |
65 % (65 %) |
|
Metals 1) |
66 % |
66 % |
70 % |
|
Plastics 1) |
26,7 % |
68,2 % |
70 % (30 %) |
|
Glass 1) |
92 % |
92 % |
70 % |
1) excluding packaging in deposit schemes, where recycling (reuse) rate
is close to 90%
