However, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced today that the UK has narrowly failed to meet the 50% overall recovery target for 2001 set by the EC Packaging Waste Directive.The full text of his reply is: The UK narrowly failed to meet the overall packaging waste recovery target in 2001, but met the overall recycling target and the material-specific recycling targets for all materials.The recovery and recycling of packaging waste carried out in 2001 are as follows:Recovery and Recycling Carried Out in 2001 (UK)(1) UK re-processing(2) Exported for re-processing(3) Re-processing for which no PRN/PERN issued (incl. in (1))(4)PRN & PERN carried forward to 2002(5)Tonnes accepted for recovery and recycling, UKPaper1,851,505 179,439 25,895 83,0642,030,944Glass 696,578 39,016 17,036 29,273 735,594Aluminium 25,869 3,161 1 821 29,030Steel 141,343136,736 3,051 8,365 278,079Plastic 203,149 66,813 6,077 10,506 269,962Wood 573,951 4,985 23,742 573,951Alt.evidence 30,741 30,741Total recycling 3,523,136 425,165 57,045 155,7713,948,3 01Efw 513,939 913 24,986 513,939Total 4,037,075 425,165 57,958180,7574,462,240Article 6(1) of the EC Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste 94/62/EC set the following...