Recycling Packaging

Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations 2007
The Waste Management Packaging Regulations 2007 are designed to promote the recovery of packaging waste by imposing recycling obligations on all "Major Producers" who place packaging or packaged products onto the Irish market.

Producers of packaging are people who in the course of their business supply to others packaging material, packaging or packaged products.  Major producers are people who place more than 10 tonnes of packaging onto the Irish market annually and have a turnover greater than €1 million (Hardware Stores and Pharmacies - turnover must be over €3.65million).

All producers of packaging waste must take practicable steps to secure the recovery of packaging waste arising on their own premises.  This would include packaging waste of goods consumed on the premises, timber pallets, drums, crates, plastic wrapping, cardboard boxes and other packaging on goods supplied to the producer

Under these regulations, your company can either join Repak (Tel: 01 4670190) or become Self Compliant with your Local Authority. An application form can be downloaded from the download section.

A copy of the Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations 2007 can be found in our Download section

For a leaflet on the regulations, or more details please e-mail kimmckenna@monaghan.ie