Policy paper

Advisory committee on packaging annual report 2010/11

The Committee's new remit is to advise on optimising packaging, monitor existing regulations and advise on data from across the supply chain.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
14 June 2011
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Advisory Committee on Packaging Annual Report 2010/11

Ref: PB13547

PDF, 191 KB, 34 pages

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Details

The Committee was newly constituted in March 2010. Its new remit is to:

  • Advise on optimising packaging, incorporating carbon and lifecycle analysis into weight based targets,; increasing capture rates and incentivising more closed loop recycling and making producer funding more transparent.
  • Bring to Defra and the Devolved Administrations attention new trends and developments in design and manufacturing and in the packaging recycling markets
  • Monitor existing regulations
  • Advise on data from across the supply chain.

Further information

Published 14 June 2011