The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024

SCHEDULE 4 Producer reporting information

Regulations 33 to 36 and 38 PART 1 Interpretation 1 (1) In this Schedule, all references to the weight of packaging or packaging waste are to that weight in kilograms, and any requirement to report a weight of packaging or packaging waste is to be interpreted as a requirement to report the actual, measured weight of that packaging in kilograms to the nearest kilogram. (2) Where packaging sub-categories have been specified under regulation 7(11) for a packaging category (“the sub-divided packaging category”) for the purposes of a paragraph of this Schedule, any reference in that paragraph to a packaging category is to be read, in relation to the sub-divided packaging category, as a reference to those packaging sub-categories. (3) Where this Schedule refers to the weight of household packaging, or a description of household packaging, which a producer supplied, packaging must not be excluded from that weight under regulation 8(1)(a) on the grounds that the conditions in regulation 8(2) or the conditions in regulation 8(3) are met unless the producer can provide evidence that those conditions are met. (4) In this Schedule, references to packaging, or to any description of packaging, do not include packaging which at the time of its supply was exempt packaging. PART 2 Descriptions of information 2 The weight of packaging in each packaging category which the producer supplied during the reporting period. 3 The weight of household packaging in each packaging category which the producer supplied during the reporting period. 4 A description of the methodology used by the producer to collate the information required under paragraphs 2 and 3. 5 A breakdown of the packaging in each packaging category which the producer supplied during the reporting period, specifying— (a) whether the packaging is— (i) primary packaging; (ii) secondary packaging; (iii) tertiary packaging other than shipment packaging; or (iv) shipment packaging, (its “packaging type”); and (b) the weight in kilograms of packaging supplied in each packaging type. 6 The weight of household packaging in each packaging category which the producer supplied during the reporting period which is— (a) primary packaging; (b) shipment packaging. 7 The weight of packaging, and the number of units of packaging, in each packaging category which the producer supplied during the reporting period which consists of drink containers. 8 (1) In relation to each relevant producer to whom the producer (“D”) supplied unfilled household packaging or other unfilled packaging during the reporting period— (a) the identity of the relevant producer; (b) subject to sub-paragraph (3), the producer registration number assigned to that relevant producer under regulation 30(2)(a); (c) the number of units of such packaging which D supplied to that relevant producer during the reporting period; and (d) the weights of— (i) unfilled packaging; and (ii) unfilled household packaging, which D supplied to that relevant producer during the reporting period. (2) In this paragraph, a “relevant producer” means a large producer, other than a large producer who is a seller (and no other class of producer). (3) In relation to a supply which takes place before 1st October 2025 a producer registration number need not be recorded. 9 Where the producer has instituted a system of reusing reusable packaging— (a) a description of that system; and (b) the weight in each packaging category of— (i) all packaging which the producer supplied during the reporting period that is reusable or refillable; and (ii) packaging referred to in paragraph (i) which is primary packaging. 10 The weight in kilograms of household packaging in each packaging category supplied by the producer during the reporting period which consists of commonly binned or littered items. 11 (1) The weight in kilograms of— (a) all packaging supplied by the producer, where the producer is a seller, online marketplace operator, distributor or service provider; or (b) all packaging discarded by the producer in the United Kingdom which the producer is treated under regulation 10(6) as having supplied, where the producer is a brand owner, importer or first UK owner, during the reporting period in each nation of the United Kingdom, in each packaging category. (2) For the purposes of reports submitted in relation to 2025, 2026 and 2027— (a) producers who are sellers who supply secondary packaging, or tertiary packaging other than shipment packaging, may estimate the amount of that packaging which has been supplied to a nation of the United Kingdom in order to calculate the weight of packaging supplied to that nation; (b) producers who are importers who import secondary packaging, or tertiary packaging other than shipment packaging, may estimate the amount of that packaging discarded in a nation of the United Kingdom in order to calculate the weight of packaging discarded in that nation. 12 (1) The weight in kilograms, in each packaging category, of relevant packaging waste which the producer has collected from consumers and sent for recycling and in respect of which the producer has evidence that it has been recycled in the reporting period. (2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) to (5), the weight in kilograms of closed loop packaging waste which the producer has collected from consumers and sent for recycling and in respect of which the producer has evidence that it has been recycled into food grade plastic materials or articles in the reporting period. (3) If, during a reporting period, a producer changes the reprocessor to which it sends closed loop packaging waste for recycling, and does not thereafter send any further closed loop packaging waste to the previous reprocessor, the producer may report the aggregate weight of closed loop packaging waste sent to both reprocessors which satisfies the conditions in sub-paragraph (2). (4) But a producer must not otherwise, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), aggregate weights of closed loop packaging waste sent to more than one reprocessor. (5) A producer must not report any closed loop packaging waste under sub-paragraph (2) for a reporting period unless the producer has paid the additional registration charge payable under regulation 29(3)(c) for the relevant year in which that reporting period falls. (6) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), the evidence referred to in those paragraphs must be obtained by the producer from an accredited reprocessor or exporter. 13 (1) The weight in kilograms , in each packaging category, of— (a) packaging waste which the producer has collected during the reporting period— (i) consisting of the producer’s own packaging waste; and (ii) consisting of packaging waste from other persons; (b) packaging waste referred to in paragraph (a) which was collected from each nation of the United Kingdom; and (c) packaging waste referred to in paragraph (a) which was collected from one nation of the United Kingdom and sent for recycling to another nation of the United Kingdom, identifying the nation from which it was collected and the nation to which it was sent. (2) In sub-paragraph (1), references to “packaging waste” do not include packaging waste which is, or was before it became waste, a deposit item for the purposes of a relevant deposit scheme. 14 The number of plastic or paper bags supplied in England in the following categories— (a) single use carrier bags, within the meaning of the Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015; (b) bags made wholly or partly of plastic which— (i) are supplied for use as packaging for food items including bread, fruit or vegetables; and (ii) are not carrier bags within sub-paragraph (a); (c) paper bags, of any thickness, which have handles, and which are not sealed.