The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024
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SCHEDULE 5 Recycling obligations
Regulation 40 1 (1) A producer’s obligations to recycle packaging waste in a relevant year are— (a) for each packaging category the producer supplies, to recycle an amount of packaging waste in the corresponding packaging waste category (“the required amount”), as provided in paragraph 2(1); and (b) in relation to glass, to satisfy part of the required amount by recycling an amount of glass packaging waste by re-melt, as provided in paragraph 2(2), and are calculated by aggregating the producer’s obligations in relation to each specified packaging category supplied by the producer in that year. (2) For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) “packaging waste category” means a category of packaging waste specified in the first column of Table 1 in paragraph 3; and (b) “specified packaging category” means a packaging category or group of packaging categories corresponding to a packaging waste category. 2 (1) The amount of packaging waste to be recycled by a producer (“PR”) in a packaging waste category corresponding to a packaging category which PR supplies is calculated as follows— X × Y = Z where— “X” is the amount in tonnes of packaging in that packaging category supplied by PR in the preceding year; “Y” is the percentage prescribed in paragraph 3 as the recycling target for that packaging waste category for the relevant year; and “Z” is the amount in tonnes of packaging waste in that packaging waste category which is to be recycled in the relevant year. (2) Where in the preceding year PR has supplied any glass packaging, PR must recycle by re-melt an amount of glass packaging waste calculated as follows— T L × Y = G where— “T” is the percentage target prescribed in paragraph 4 for the relevant year; “L” is the amount in tonnes of glass packaging supplied by PR in the preceding year; “Y” is the percentage prescribed in paragraph 3 as the recycling target for glass for the relevant year; and “G” is the amount in tonnes of glass packaging waste which is to be recycled by re-melt in the relevant year. (3) For the purposes of calculating X in sub-paragraph (1) and L in sub-paragraph (2), the amount of packaging in a packaging category, or glass packaging, supplied by PR is the amount supplied by PR in the United Kingdom in respect of which PR is a producer under any of regulations 16 to 21, calculated to the nearest tonne, excluding packaging which is exempt packaging either at the time of its supply or in the relevant year. 3 The following percentages are prescribed as the recycling target “Y” in respect of the category of packaging waste specified in the first column in relation to the years 2025 to 2030 as indicated— Table 1 Category of packaging waste | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 Plastic | 55% | 57% | 59% | 61% | 63% | 65% Wood | 45% | 46% | 47% | 48% | 49% | 50% Aluminium | 61% | 62% | 63% | 64% | 65% | 67% Steel | 80% | 81% | 82% | 83% | 84% | 85% Paper, board or fibre-based composite material | 75% | 77% | 79% | 81% | 83% | 85% Glass | 74% | 76% | 78% | 80% | 82% | 85% 4 The following percentage targets are prescribed as the recycling targets “T” for glass packaging waste to be achieved by re-melt for the years 2025 to 2030 as indicated. Table 2 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 75% | 76% | 77% | 78% | 79% | 80% 5 Where the appropriate agency is satisfied that a producer has instituted a system of using reusable packaging which has a life of at least four years, the producer’s obligations under this Schedule in relation to that packaging may be discharged by equal instalments over four years commencing with the year in which that packaging is first used. 6 For the purposes of this Schedule, recycling “by re-melt” means the recycling of waste glass packaging using a method that melts the glass before it is re-formed into a product.
SCHEDULE 5 Recycling obligations
Regulation 40 1 (1) A producer’s obligations to recycle packaging waste in a relevant year are— (a) for each packaging category the producer supplies, to recycle an amount of packaging waste in the corresponding packaging waste category (“the required amount”), as provided in paragraph 2(1); and (b) in relation to glass, to satisfy part of the required amount by recycling an amount of glass packaging waste by re-melt, as provided in paragraph 2(2), and are calculated by aggregating the producer’s obligations in relation to each specified packaging category supplied by the producer in that year. (2) For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) “packaging waste category” means a category of packaging waste specified in the first column of Table 1 in paragraph 3; and (b) “specified packaging category” means a packaging category or group of packaging categories corresponding to a packaging waste category. 2 (1) The amount of packaging waste to be recycled by a producer (“PR”) in a packaging waste category corresponding to a packaging category which PR supplies is calculated as follows— X × Y = Z where— “X” is the amount in tonnes of packaging in that packaging category supplied by PR in the preceding year; “Y” is the percentage prescribed in paragraph 3 as the recycling target for that packaging waste category for the relevant year; and “Z” is the amount in tonnes of packaging waste in that packaging waste category which is to be recycled in the relevant year. (2) Where in the preceding year PR has supplied any glass packaging, PR must recycle by re-melt an amount of glass packaging waste calculated as follows— T L × Y = G where— “T” is the percentage target prescribed in paragraph 4 for the relevant year; “L” is the amount in tonnes of glass packaging supplied by PR in the preceding year; “Y” is the percentage prescribed in paragraph 3 as the recycling target for glass for the relevant year; and “G” is the amount in tonnes of glass packaging waste which is to be recycled by re-melt in the relevant year. (3) For the purposes of calculating X in sub-paragraph (1) and L in sub-paragraph (2), the amount of packaging in a packaging category, or glass packaging, supplied by PR is the amount supplied by PR in the United Kingdom in respect of which PR is a producer under any of regulations 16 to 21, calculated to the nearest tonne, excluding packaging which is exempt packaging either at the time of its supply or in the relevant year. 3 The following percentages are prescribed as the recycling target “Y” in respect of the category of packaging waste specified in the first column in relation to the years 2025 to 2030 as indicated— Table 1 Category of packaging waste | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 Plastic | 55% | 57% | 59% | 61% | 63% | 65% Wood | 45% | 46% | 47% | 48% | 49% | 50% Aluminium | 61% | 62% | 63% | 64% | 65% | 67% Steel | 80% | 81% | 82% | 83% | 84% | 85% Paper, board or fibre-based composite material | 75% | 77% | 79% | 81% | 83% | 85% Glass | 74% | 76% | 78% | 80% | 82% | 85% 4 The following percentage targets are prescribed as the recycling targets “T” for glass packaging waste to be achieved by re-melt for the years 2025 to 2030 as indicated. Table 2 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 75% | 76% | 77% | 78% | 79% | 80% 5 Where the appropriate agency is satisfied that a producer has instituted a system of using reusable packaging which has a life of at least four years, the producer’s obligations under this Schedule in relation to that packaging may be discharged by equal instalments over four years commencing with the year in which that packaging is first used. 6 For the purposes of this Schedule, recycling “by re-melt” means the recycling of waste glass packaging using a method that melts the glass before it is re-formed into a product.
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