# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Regulation 9: Household packaging waste


(1) In these Regulations, “household packaging waste” means packaging waste which is household waste, but does not include—
(a) any waste for which a collection charge may be made by a relevant authority under regulations made under section 45(3) of the 1990 Act or Article 20(3) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;
(b) any waste from a place of worship;
(c) any ground litter or binned packaging waste; or
(d) any packaging waste which is discarded together with food waste in a receptacle for food waste where the food waste in that receptacle is collected separately from other household waste by the relevant authority collecting that waste.
(2) In this regulation—
“food waste”—
(a) in relation to England, means waste that—
(i) at any time before becoming waste, was food; or
(ii) is biodegradable waste arising from the processing or preparation of food,
and for these purposes “food” means food intended for human consumption but does not include drink;
(b) in relation to Wales, has the meaning given in section 34D(5) of the 1990 Act as it applies in Wales;
(c) in relation to Scotland, has the meaning given in section 75(7B) of the 1990 Act as it applies in Scotland;
(d) in relation to Northern Ireland, has the meaning given in Article 2(2) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;
“household waste” has the meaning given by—
(a) in Scotland, section 75 of the 1990 Act, read with the Controlled Waste Regulations 1992;
(b) in England and Wales, section 75 of the 1990 Act, read with the Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012;
(c) in Northern Ireland, Article 2(1) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, read with the Controlled Waste and Duty of Care Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013;
“place of worship” means—
(a) in England and Wales, a hereditament or premises exempted from local non-domestic rating by virtue of paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (places of worship etc.);
(b) in Scotland, a hereditament or premises exempted from local non-domestic rating by virtue of section 22 of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act 1956 (churches etc.);
(c) in Northern Ireland, any hereditament which is distinguished as exempt from rates by virtue of Article 41(2)(b) of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 in so far as it relates to purposes connected with public religious worship.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264654/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/regulation-9
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