D R A F T Scottish PRN Stakeholder Workshop Wednesday 26th February 2014 Agenda Time Item 09:30 – 10:00 Registration and Coffee 10:00 – 10:05 Introduction to the Workshop Presenter Andrew McCaffery D R A F T 10:05 – 10:25 Scottish Flow of Packaging Material Heather Thomson 10:25 – 10:45 PRN Model Duncan Simpson 10:45 – 11:05 Coffee Break 11:05 – 11:30 Proposed Scottish PRN Andrew McCaffery 11:30 – 12:15 Workshop All 12:15 – 13:00 Feedback and Discussion Group Leaders/All 13:00 – 13:15 Next steps and Close Andrew McCaffery © Valpak All Rights Reserved Project Key Objectives Scoping of a Scottish specific PRN system Identify the acceptability to the public and key stakeholders Assessment of the cost to business Implications for LA collections Implications to Scottish Government in implementing any recommendations The cost and timeline involved in any implementation The flexibility to extend the scope of the scheme in future to other waste streams Impact on litter D R A F T © Valpak All Rights Reserved D R A F T Scottish Packaging Flow Heather Thomson Scottish Flow of Packaging Packaging in Scotland (2012) Formats Polymers Flow onto Market NON-CONSUMER CONSUMER D R A F T Aluminium Glass Paper & Card Plastics Steel Wood Recycling Levels Recycling Rates © Valpak All Rights Reserved Data Sources & Methodologies Data Sources 8+ Elements to consider D R A F T Different methodologies for different elements Figures still draft Valpak PackFlow 2017 GlassFlow Other Material Flow Reports (WIP) EPIC Supermarket Packaging Data ONS Data Annual Mid-year Population Estimates, 2012 UK Business: Ac<vity, Size and Loca<on, 2012 NPWD Data Accredited reprocessors/exporters returns, 2012 WDF LA Returns 2011/2012 Defra Data Total waste arisings in the UK, 2006 & 2008 C&I Waste Survey 2009 CIWM/Ricardo-AEA Report 2013 C&I Waste in the UK and ROI (2012 projections) © Valpak All Rights Reserved Scottish Packaging Flow & Recycling Levels 63% 63% 18% D R A F T 53% 34% 38% 29% © Valpak All Rights Reserved UK & EU Context Plastics Scotland UK EU Recycling Rate (2012 est.) Targets (2012) Rolling Targets 18% 24% 22.5% D R A F T Aluminium 29% 39% 50% Steel 38% 53% Wood 34% 22% 15% Glass 53% 62% 60% Paper & Card 63% 66% 60% Total Packaging 45% 58% 55-80% © Valpak All Rights Reserved Key Types of Packaging (Scotland) D R A F T Glass Paper & Card Plastics Metals • 186kt bottles • 174kt boxes • 110kt film • 33kt cans • 81% glass packaging • 44% P&C packaging • 41% plastic packaging • 40% metal packaging • 17% all packaging • 16% all packaging • 10% all packaging • 3% all packaging Total 1094kt 100% Bev •258kt •24% Other •836kt •76% © Valpak All Rights Reserved D R A F T Current UK PRN Model Duncan Simpson What are the Packaging Waste Regulations? Europe 1994 European Union Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste 94/62/EC UK D R A F T The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 NI The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 © Valpak All Rights Reserved UK Recycling Targets Material 2012 (%) 2013 (%) 2014 (%) 2015 (%) 2016 (%) 2017 (%) Paper/card 69.5 69.5 69.5 69.5 69.5 69.5 Glass 81 81 81 81 81 81 D R A F T Aluminium 40 43 46 49 52 55 Steel 71 72 73 74 75 76 Plastic 32 37 42 47 52 57 Wood 22 22 22 22 22 22 Total recovery 74 75 76 77 78 79 Of which recycling 68.1 69 69.9 70.8 71.8 72.7 © Valpak All Rights Reserved UK Packaging Waste Regulations Industry consulted by Government Shared producer responsibility - unique solution Responsibility is shared through the packaging chain – – – raw material manufacturer D R A F T converter packer/filler – seller – importer Producers complete data submission form Meet recycling obligation by purchasing PRNs © Valpak All Rights Reserved Obligated producers Handle over 50 tonnes of packaging and Have a turnover of more than £2 million D R A F T and perform an activity supply to another stage in chain own packaging © Valpak All Rights Reserved Share of obligations D R A F T 6% 9% 37% 48% raw material manufacturing conversion pack / filling selling multiple roles means multiple activities importers take a ‘rolled up’ obligation © Valpak All Rights Reserved The PRN (packaging waste recovery note) collection end market D R A F T reprocessing (recovery/recycling) £ £ £ PRN © Valpak All Rights Reserved Raw Material Manufacturer Conversion Pack/filling Sell Importer Packaging created and sold to the consumer Packaging enters waste stream Landfill Collection by accredited reprocessor Packaging is recovered/recycled = Certificate of recycling evidence generated (PRN) Producer buys recycling evidence (PRNs) to meet their obligation Data and PRNs submitted to the EA/NIEA/SEPA Investment Coffee Break D R A F T © Valpak All Rights Reserved D R A F T Proposed Scottish Model Andrew McCaffery Proposed Scottish PRN – Perceived Problems with the PRN System Lack of transparency (minimum evidence of where PRN money is spent) Perceived to be uneven balance of benefit (LA / compliance schemes / reprocessors) Minimum developments in end markets D R A F T Does not take into account environmental impact of packaging No benefit for manufacturing packaging with a recycled content Does not encourage reuse Does not tackle litter Perceived to be complicated Perceived to favour export of recyclate © Valpak All Rights Reserved Proposed Scottish PRN – Producer, Compliance Scheme, Collection D R A F T © Valpak All Rights Reserved Proposed Scottish PRN – Collection, Reprocessor, Export D R A F T © Valpak All Rights Reserved Proposed Scottish PRN D R A F T © Valpak All Rights Reserved Proposed Scottish PRN – Possible Solutions Direct funding across the supply chain Compliance schemes to have contracts with LAs Compliance scheme to purchase ‘Compliance SPRN’ if not enough material available Reprocessors to gain environmental rating to issue SPRNs Detailed Compliance scheme operational plan to be audited by SEPA SEPA determine reprocessor environmental rating Litter fund D R A F T Auditable trail and spend Litter fee to be included in SPRNs Environmental benefit of packaging taken into consideration Recycled content Split targets for plastic format or grades © Valpak All Rights Reserved D R A F T Facilitated Workshop Workshop 11.30 - 12.15 Group Workshop 12.15 – 1.00 Feedback & Discussion 3 Groups (groups on next slide) Red Group – Andrew McCaffery (Monte Carlo Room) Green Group – Heather Thomson (Monte Carlo Room) Blue Group – Gordon Francey (Screening Room) D R A F T © Valpak All Rights Reserved Workshop Groups Red Group Name Asta Volkauskiene Damian Ramos David Martin John Lee Karen Todd Morag Garden Nathaniel Chalamanda Patrick Browne Paul Smith Rebbeca Cocking Rick Hindley Organisation Marks & Spencer Zero Waste Scotland Scottish Retail Consortium Scottish Grocers Federation Asda Scotch Whisky Association SEPA Scottish Beer and Pub Association Coca-Cola Enterprises British Glass Alupro Green Group Name Organisation Andrew Pooley Dryden Aqua Ltd Derek Robertson Keep Scotland Beautiful Duncan Simpson Valpak Fiona Donaldson SEPA Gary Dickson Barony Universal Ian Andrews The Environment Exchange Ian Shearer The Packaging Recycling Group Scotland Matthew Demmon Wright Glass Recycling Peter Judd William Tracey Group Stephen Freeland Scottish Environmental Services Association Tony Hill Viridor Resource Management Ltd D R A F T Blue Group Name Organisation Adrian Hawkes Valpak Carole Noble Keep Scotland Beautiful Chris Sedgley Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Plc Edward Cooke Compliance Link Graeme Milne Viridor Resource Management Ltd Katherine Newall Recycle-Pak Scotland Ltd Noman Lett Ball Packaging Europe Paul Van Danzig The Wastepack Group Limited Rona Gold COSLA Simon Stringer Scotpak © Valpak All Rights Reserved Project Next Steps and Close Minutes and Notes from todays workshop will be distributed to stakeholders Implementation Plan and Report Writing Project Completion and submission to Zero Waste Scotland end of March D R A F T © Valpak All Rights Reserved Andrew McCaffery Director of Consulting [email protected] 07818 453 247 “I continue to be impressed by the excellent level of support and guidance that Valpak offer me. The staff are extremely professional and helpful and are always quick to respond to any queries that I have.” Cayne Andrews, Nisbets Plc “We’ve worked with Valpak for a number of years and have found them to be an efficient, knowledgeable and friendly organisation to work with.” Phil Slingsby, KCOM Group Plc
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