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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-9/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111150184",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Reports to the regulator",
  "text": "(1) The operator of a materials facility must provide a report to the regulator that includes the information set out in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4).\n(2) The report mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) must be—\n(a) produced in electronic format, and\n(b) submitted to the regulator in respect of a reporting period within 1 month of the expiry of that period.\n(3) The following information must be provided for all mixed waste material that is received by the materials facility during a reporting period—\n(a) the measurements taken under paragraph 4(1);\n(b) the total number of all samples taken for each supplier under paragraph 4(2);\n(c) the total weight in kilograms of all the samples taken for each supplier under paragraph 4(2);\n(d) the average percentage composition levels of all of the samples taken under paragraph 4(2) for each supplier, by reference to the following target materials—\n(i) glass;\n(ii) metal;\n(iii) paper;\n(iv) plastic;\n(e) the average percentage composition levels of each of the following categories of material found in all the samples taken for each supplier under paragraph 4(2)—\n(i) target materials;\n(ii) non-target materials, and\n(iii) non-recyclable materials;\n(f) the standard deviation of the average percentage composition levels for the target materials found in all the samples taken for each supplier under paragraph 4(2).\n(4) The following information must be provided in respect of specified output material that leaves the materials facility during a reporting period—\n(a) the measurements taken under paragraph 5(1) and details of where the other waste material is sent in a reporting period;\n(b) the measurements taken under paragraph 5(2) and details of where the mixed waste material is sent in a reporting period;\n(c) the measurements taken under paragraph 5(3);\n(d) the total number of all samples taken under paragraph 5(4);\n(e) the total weight in kilograms of all the samples that are taken under paragraph 5(4);\n(f) the average percentage composition levels of all of the samples taken under paragraph 5(4), by reference to the grades of glass, metal, paper and plastic identified within those samples;\n(g) the average percentage composition levels of each of the following categories of material found in all the samples taken under paragraph 5(4)—\n(i) target materials;\n(ii) non-target materials, and\n(iii) non-recyclable materials;\n(h) the standard deviation of the average percentage composition levels for the target materials found in all the samples taken under paragraph 5(4).\n(5) In this paragraph, “average” means the arithmetic mean.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/9/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:07:48.139767+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}