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Packaging
The aim of Latvian legislation in the
sphere of packaging is provision a development of package production, introduction of
progressive technologies and establishment of rational packaging waste management system
in the state as well as rendering the invention of volunteer agreement principle in the
management of packaging waste. It will allow to reduce the adverse environmental impact of
packaging waste and to promote the reuse of packaging, to foster the reduction of material
input per unit of packaging waste and to ensure the packaging waste recovery.
Packer is responsible for the management of
its packaging waste, produced in consequence of its action.
Legal acts designate:
- Facilitation of natural resource tax relief for enterprises
(business companies) realizing volunteer programme of packaging waste management.
- Demands on collection, reuse and processing of packaging
waste.
- Classification of packaging waste according to materials
used in its production and marking of packaging.
- Content of heavy metals and other hazardous substances in
packaging must be limited. In glass-packaging and packaging material production units with
recycled material usage producer has to survey heavy metal content in production monthly.
- If the content of heavy metals per one kg packaging or its
materials or components exceeds 2000 million parts (ppm from weight) - 200 milligrams
producer has to inform State environmental impact assessment bureau providing information
about
- Heavy metal content
- Description of used designation method
- Possible matters of heavy metal content exceed
- Measures taken for reduction of heavy metal content (detail
description).
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