Policy paper

Making the most of packaging: a strategy for a low-carbon economy

The aim of the Packaging Strategy is to minimise the environmental impact of packaging, without compromising its ability to protect the product.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 30 March 2011

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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Making the most of packaging - A strategy for a low-carbon economy

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“Making the Most of Packaging”, the new strategy published by Defra, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Devolved Administrations sets a clear direction for packaging policy for the next ten years.

To make this happen, government will work with a range of delivery bodies and industry so that in 10 years’ time, packaging is designed to use as little material as will do the job, and with re-usability, recyclability or recovery in mind - as standard.

The Strategy also sets out plans to improve the recycling of packaging waste, particularly glass, plastics and aluminium, with a focus on the household waste stream and on quality. The intention is ensure that over time the UK achieves a recycling rate similar to the best EU performers.

Published 30 March 2011