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Packaging Ordinance 1996.

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This Ordinance obliges producers of packaging material to either take back and recycle/reuse packaging or deliver it to their retailers or to take part in a collection and recovery system. Special rules apply to major accumulation points and smaller deliverers.
Title
Packaging Ordinance 1996.
Country
Austria
Type of document
Regulation
Date of text
1996
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
Title abbreviation
Ordinance by the Ministry for the Environment, Youth and Family on the prevention and recovery of packaging waste and specific waste products, and for the establishment of collection and recovery systems.
Glossary term(s)
waste
waste storage
waste collection
waste recovery
ECOLEX region
Europe
European Union Countries
Western Europe
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
PDF icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/aut33822.pdf
Link to full text
http://www.ris.bka.gv.at
Implements
Waste Management Act.