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Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Henderson (1997) Waste charges and taxes in the Netherlands , pp. 97-112, in
Environmental taxes and charges, Dublin: European Foundation.
Ger Germany Ger many
Prognos AG (2002) Assessment of Sustainability and the Perspectives of the DSD,
report commissioned by the Duales System Deutschland AG, Düsseldorf, June 2002.
Öko-Institut (2002) Advantage of the Green Dot for the Environment, report
commissioned by the Duales System Deutschland AG, Düsseldorf, March 2002.
United United Kingdom
Kingdom
David Davies Associates (2005) Packflow 2008 , UK compliance with the 2008
targets of the European Packaging & Packaging Waste Directive,
http://www.valpak.co.uk/docs/packaging/packflow_2008_summary_report_recomm
endations.pdf
Perchards (2003) Impacts of the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations: A
Brief Survey, Report for DTI, Oct 2003.
13.5 Environmental Benefits
13.5.1 Across Europe
Packaging consumption is responsible for around 80 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent
per annum in the EU 15 (2% of the total emissions). The recycling and recovery of
packaging has been attributed with greenhouse gas savings and also reduces other
environmental impacts, such as those associated with residual waste treatments,
whilst it also reduces emissions of particulates and other air pollutants, and soil
acidification.
Table 13-5 shows recycling and recovery rates for all packaging in the EU 15 for 2001
and 2006, with countries ordered by 2006 recycling performance. This is shown
graphically in Figure 13-1. Table 13-6 shows the split of financial responsibility for the
collection and sorting of household packaging, according to Perchards, and with
updates where available. 257 This is significant as it is one of the two main financial
variables seen in the implementation in Europe that may have an impact on the
recycling rate. Where producer responsibility schemes fund the same range of
services (e.g. in Germany, Belgium and Austria, where 100% of the collection and
sorting of household waste is funded), the other financial variable between them is
the fee for each type of packaging material – see Table 13-7 under implementation
costs for a cross section of these.
Table 13-6 shows that the top three countries in terms of recycling all packaging each
visits 100% of the financial burden of collection and sorting household packaging
257 Perchards (2005) Study On The Progress Of The Implementation And Impact Of Directive 94/62/Ec
On The Functioning Of The Internal Market, Final Report to the Europen Commission, May 2005.
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