Schedule 1: collection and reporting14
1
Schedule 1 is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph 1, omit sub-paragraph (a).
3
In paragraph 10(3)(b)—
a
at the end of sub-paragraph (i), omit “and”;
b
omit sub-paragraph (ii).
4
In paragraph 13—
a
in sub-paragraph (1), in the opening words, for “reporting” substitute “relevant”
;
b
after sub-paragraph (2), insert—
3
Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to imported packaging which has been discarded in the United Kingdom by an importer.
5
Omit paragraph 14.
6
In paragraph 15(c), for “of household” substitute “of unfilled household”
.
7
In paragraph 16—
a
renumber the existing paragraph as sub-paragraph (1);
b
in sub-paragraph (1), as so renumbered—
i
in the opening words, for “reusable primary” substitute “reusing”
;
ii
in paragraph (a), for “reporting” substitute “relevant”
;
iii
omit paragraph (c);
c
after sub-paragraph (1), insert—
2
The information provided under sub-paragraph (1) must be given for each packaging category supplied by the producer in the relevant period.
3
The producer need only include information on reusable household packaging in the year in which it is first supplied.
8
In paragraph 17(1), after “the producer” insert “in the relevant period in each packaging category”
.
9
In paragraph 22, for sub-paragraph (2), substitute—
2
For the purposes of reports submitted in relation to the relevant years 2024, 2025 and 2026, producers who are—
a
sellers who supply secondary or tertiary packaging may estimate the amount of packaging which had been supplied to a nation of the United Kingdom in order to calculate the weight of packaging supplied to that nation;
b
importers who import secondary or tertiary packaging may estimate the amount of packaging discarded in a nation of the United Kingdom in order to calculate the weight of packaging discarded in that nation.
10
In paragraph 23—
a
in paragraph (1), at the end insert “and sent for recycling”
;
b
after sub-paragraph (5), insert—
6
“Relevant packaging waste” includes reusable packaging which has been reused and has become waste, whether or not it is collected from households for recycling by more than 75% of relevant authorities in England responsible for waste collection.