Understanding Producer Responsibility in UK: Regulations for Sustainable Vaping
Producer Responsibility in the UK entails businesses taking accountability for the environmental impact of their products, including packaging, electrical equipment, batteries, and end-of-life vehicles. This responsibility extends to vapes as they fall under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations, Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations, and Packaging Waste Regulations. Producers of electrical equipment must comply with WEEE regulations by registering annually and reporting placed tonnages. Similarly, producers of batteries must register annually to minimize harmful effects on the environment. Compliance involves joining Producer Compliance Schemes and paying related fees.
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Producer Responsibility UKVIA Virtual Summit A Greenprint for Sustainable Vaping Name Becci Owen Job title Producer Responsibility Advisor Date 15 March 2023
What is Producer Responsibility? Extension of the Polluter Pays principle Businesses are responsible for the end of life environmental impact of their products Packaging, electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), batteries and end of life vehicles (ELV)
Pro Res and Vapes Vapes are EEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 Vapes contain batteries The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 Vapes are packaged The Producer Regulations 2007 The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) Regulations 2023 Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) 3
WEEE Regulations Encourage re-use, recycling and recovery Producers of EEE must register annually Who are EEE producers? - manufacture and sell EEE under your own brand in the UK, or - resell equipment made by someone else under your own brand, or - import EEE on a commercial basis into the UK, or - are established outside of the UK and supply EEE directly to the UK market by distance selling 4
WEEE How to comply EEE tonnages placed on the market in the previous calendar year < 5 tonnes = small producer > 5 tonnes = large producer Register with your environmental regulator or a PCS Join a Producer Compliance Scheme (PCS) Report how much EEE you placed on the market Report how much EEE you placed on the market Pay the registration fee Pay PCS fees, which include WEEE collection/treatment costs 5
Batteries Regulations Minimising harmful effects on the environment Producers of batteries must register annually Who are batteries producers? - have a UK business presence, and - first person in your selling chain (including importers) to make batteries available for supply or sale on the UK market - includes batteries already in electrical appliances 6
Batteries How to comply Portable battery tonnages placed on the market < 1 tonne = small producer > 1 tonne = large producer Register with your environmental regulator Join a Battery Compliance Scheme (BCS) Submit data on the batteries you placed on the market Submit data on the batteries you placed on the market Pay the annual charge Pay BCS fees, which include battery collection/treatment costs 7
Packaging Regulations Reduce packaging and increase recycling Obligated producers fund collections and recycling Extended Producer Responsibility 2007 regulations producers need to register annually 2023 regulations data requirements for upcoming new regulations Producer definitions are changing 8
WEEE Regulatory Reform Why? - Make it easier to recycle WEEE - Longevity and reuse Circular Economy - Producers and retailers to finance full and fair net costs - Drive treatment standards and material recovery What s next? - Consult formally on proposals - Stakeholder engagement - Household collections, strengthened distributor obligations, new category for vapes 9
Helpful Guidance Links Producer responsibility regulations - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) WEEE weee@environment-agency.gov.uk Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE): producer responsibilities - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) covered by the WEEE Regulations - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Regulations: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Batteries batteries@environment-agency.gov.uk Waste batteries: producer responsibility - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Classifying portable and industrial batteries - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Regulations: waste batteries - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Packaging packaging@environment-agency.gov.uk Packaging waste: producer responsibilities - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Packaging waste: prepare for extended producer responsibility - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Check if you need to report packaging data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) How to collect your packaging data for extended producer responsibility - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 10
