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Activity Obligation

Raw material manufacturing    6%
Manufacturing of packaging raw materials
For example: Manufacturer of glass for coffee jar
 
Converting    9%
Convertor of raw material into packaging item
For example: Making the glass jar for the coffee
 
Packaging/Filling    37%
Putting a product into the packaging or apply packaging

TaGPack Membership Options

 

We offer three levels of membership. Choosing which to opt for will depend on your level of familiarity with packaging data collection and with the regulations:

Simple membership

If you understand all about collecting and submitting packaging data in accordance with the regulations, this is for you. A simple assurance that your regulatory obligations are being met.

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If you would like to join TaGPack, or simply find out more about the services we offer, please complete the form below.  We will then send you an information pack and contact you to discuss your application.

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Packaging symbols

There are many different recycling symbols.  A list of the main packaging symbols is below: 

Cardboard

    

This symbol, called the Mobius Loop is commonly found on cardboard packaging and identifies that the packaging is recyclable.

  

Consumer Information Obligations (CIO)

 

CIOs

Consumer Information Obligations were incorporated into the PRO Regulations in 1999. Their purpose is to inform consumers about how and where to recycle packaging with the aim of reducing household waste. If, as a producer, you sell to end users, CIOs affect you.
As a packaging compliance scheme TaGPack must provide information to consumers to fulfil its CIOs. This means in turn that all members of TaGPack have fulfilled some of their CIOs simply by being members.

Meeting the CIO requirement

You can inform consumers about how and where to recycle packaging in two main ways:
  • Print information on the packaging
  • Publish information in other places
Printing information on the packaging itself is mandatory in terms of its composition (see packaging symbols). You may include too, information about where to recycle  You could include this website address so that your consumers can find their nearest recycling centre, and advise that they can telephone the Recycling Officer at their local council for details of local reprocessors or council recycling schemes.
Other places to publish this information could include:
  • Your company website
  • Press advertisements
Additional information for your consumers is available on "The Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment" website and for further information on work being carried out with consumers the WRAP website is helpful.

Members Services

TaGPack provides an online system, to enable our members to access further information about their packaging requirements and packaging costs. 

To access this area you will need your password supplied by TaGPack. 

To gain access to this useful packaging handled tracking software please first complete your contact details , or enter your pass code below.

 

Packaging Fines

Since the regulations became a statuatory requirement, the Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a number of companies who have not fulfilled their obligations.  Here are some examples - (make sure you don't appear on this page!)

10 May 2004      xxxxxxxxxx fined £75,000

Popular Italian-style restaurant chain xxxxxxxxx was hit with a £75,000 fine today (10 May) after appearing for sentencing at Isleworth Crown Court for failing to recover and recycle an estimated total of 1,676 tonnes of packaging waste for the year 2002.

Latest packaging legislation

Although "The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007" form what we call "the regulations", all the following packaging legislation is relevant to the area of packaging waste and compliance:

  1. The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007  To view click here 

  2. The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations To view click here

TaGPack packaging compliance scheme

TaGPack Scheme

What TaGPack brings to packaging compliance

The TaGPack compliance scheme is an Environment Agency approved scheme to help you meet your obligations under the Packaging Waste Regulations.