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SCHEDULE 1E+WCollection and reporting of information

PART 5E+WSupply and discarding of packaging by nation

20.  Producers who are subject to the data collection obligations in regulation 16 must maintain records of the following information [F1for all packaging in respect of which they are a producer, or, for the information in paragraph 21, a producer of a class specified in that paragraph]E+W

(a)for small producers who are sellers, online marketplace operators, distributors, service provider or importers, the information in paragraph 21(1) [F2where applicable];

[F3(b)for large producers, the information in paragraphs 21 and 22, where applicable;]

(d)for producers who are licensors or pub operating businesses, the information in paragraphs 21 and [F422(2) and (3)].

21.—(1) The weight in kilograms of—E+W

(a)all packaging the producer supplies, where the producer is a seller, online marketplace operator, distributor or service provider;

(b)all packaging the producer [F5imports and then] discards, where the producer is an importer;

[F6(c)all packaging the producer takes ownership of and then discards, when the producer is a first UK owner;]

in a relevant year in each nation in the United Kingdom, in each packaging category.

(2) For the purposes of reports submitted in relation to the relevant years 2024, 2025 and 2026, but not in relation to any later years, 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 [F7and first UK owners who are treated as supplying 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.

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to packaging which is supplied directly by the seller to the person using it.

22.—(1) How much relevant packaging waste the producer has collected during the relevant period from persons other than the producer and sent for recycling.E+W

(2) How much packaging waste the producer has collected during the relevant period—

(a)consisting of the producer’s own packaging waste, and

(b)consisting of packaging waste from other persons.

(3) How much of the waste referred to in sub-paragraph (2) was—

(a)collected from each nation within the United Kingdom;

(b)sent for recycling to another nation in the United Kingdom, identifying the nation concerned.

(4) The amount of waste declared under sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) must be declared by weight, in kilograms, and be further broken down by packaging category.

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 1 para. 22 in force at 17.7.2023, see reg. 1(2)