Workplace
Standards and Directives on environment
and waste
In the Environment page we separately summarised environmental considerations in the packaging industry as fitting into three categories. We also gave some advice through Datasheets on topics from tainting of foodstuffs to heavy metals. This page is an extension of that with a listing of some published Standards, useful documents and Directives that the packaging supply, manufacturing and using industry sometimes need to have access to. We emphasise that this is intended to be a helpful checklist and you will need to be aware of the customer and country you are dealing with, who may have additional requirements to those listed.
Waste has in recent years become an essential to manage in all companies in the EU and the recent key changes to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulations for 2006 are summarised in download 84d (due shortly).
We have also included in our downloads on the ENVIRONMENT page a self assessment form for EN 13427 and supporting explanatory notes, which should help manufacturers in the EU when faced with a requirement to demonstrate that they meet the complex mandatory packaging waste and minimisation requirements of EN 13427.
For Downloading...
84a Brief summary - Producer Responsibility (Packaging Waste) Regulations in UK (PDF 27kb)84c DEFRA - Packaging Waste Regulations - Brief User Guide (PDF 259kb)84d DEFRA - Packaging Waste Regulations - 111 page User Guide (PDF 371kb)84m DEFRA - How to register as a producer of packaging (PDF 129kb)84q DEFRA - List of Packaging Waste Compliance Schemes at June 2007 (PDF 12kb)89e EU Packaging - 14 Directives and recommendations to be aware of (PDF 23kb)96i INDEX of HSE and BSI safety standards and related documents (PDF 24kb)97a UN Substance ID number (PDF 18kb)