Annex C: Summary of requirements for a standard model in the draft regulations
Published 20 December 2024
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How the Year 1 approach to modelling considers factors required by the draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 in determining your payment.
1. Factor 1: frequency, pattern and type of collections of household packaging waste in the area of your authority
These factors are considered in the grouping method used in the cost per tonne module.
2. Factor 2: population density in your relevant area
This is considered in the cost per tonne module.
3. Factor 3: The type and accessibility of dwellings in your relevant area
This is considered in the cost per tonne module.
4. Factor 4: levels of deprivation in your relevant area
This is considered in the cost per tonne module.
5. Factor 5: Government policies and the regulatory requirements affective waste management to which your authority is subject
This is taken into consideration in agreement of approach to payments for the frequency, pattern and type of collections undertaken by that authority as part of cost per tonne module.
6. Factor 6. Any other factor the scheme administrator considers relevant to the assessment
Other factors considered include:
- residual waste disposal route
- type of materials recovery facility or bulking used for recycling
- costs associated with transfer and storage, HWRC operation, relevant administrative costs, communication costs