Schedule 9, Part 2, Chapter 2, paragraph 4

The operator of a materials facility must measure the total weight in tonnes of ... waste material received at that facility, from each supplier, during each reporting period. The operator of a materials facility must take samples of the waste material received at that facility, from each supplier, during each reporting period, except where that material is identified and kept apart as material which is to be transferred by the operator to another materials facility or person for the purpose of enabling it to be prepared for re-use or recycling, and measure the composition of those samples. For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), one sample must be taken for every 75 tonnes of ... waste material received at the materials facility from each supplier. The total weight of all the samples taken for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) must provide an average weight of 60kg or more per sample, and each sample taken must not weigh less than 55kg. For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), measuring the composition of a sample taken means identifying the materials comprising that sample by reference to— the types of target material, non-target material and non-recyclable material that is contained in the sample, subject to sub-paragraph (6A), the type of packaging that is contained in each type of target material, non-target material and non-recyclable material identified in that sample, including by reference to drink containers as a type of packaging, and the weight in kilograms of each type of target material, non-target material and non-recyclable material and each type of packaging that is so identified. The material that is identified in a sample taken for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) must, as a minimum, be separately identified by reference to the following ...— glass; aluminium; steel; paper; card; plastic bottles; plastic pots, tubs and trays; film or other flexible plastic; other plastic (not falling within paragraphs (f) to (h)); fibre-based composite material; Any glass that is identified in a sample taken for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) must be separately identified and weighed as a type of packaging in accordance with sub-paragraph (5)(aa) only where the operator is given written notice by the regulator of the requirement to do so, and any such notice— must be given at least four weeks prior to the commencement of the reporting period in respect of which the measurements are to be taken, and must specify the minimum number of samples for each supplier in respect of which the measurements are required. If the sample taken under sub-paragraph (2) contains material particles, they are deemed to comprise the proportions of the types of target materials, non-target materials, non-recyclable materials and packaging (including glass packaging where notice has been given under paragraph (6A)) already identified as making up the other contents of that sample, and the weight of the material particles must be apportioned according to those proportions for that particular sample. For the purposes of this paragraph, where a batch of waste material received at a materials facility comprises material from more than one supplier, and the proportion of that batch attributable to a particular supplier cannot reasonably be ascertained, an estimate of the proportion is sufficient. The operator of a materials facility must ensure that the composition of each sample taken for the purposes of this paragraph is representative of the materials comprising the waste material from which it is taken.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30