# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Paragraph 4: Public information


(1) The scheme administrator must make available to members of the public, and to businesses that discard packaging waste, information on—
(a) the reuse of packaging;
(b) the recovery, including recycling, and disposal of packaging waste; and
(c) the prevention of packaging litter.
(2) The scheme administrator may satisfy the obligation in sub-paragraph (1) by any of the following measures—
(a) conducting, or making arrangements for, national or local public information campaigns—
(i) to inform members of the public and businesses how to manage their packaging waste;
(ii) to encourage members of the public and businesses to reuse and recycle more packaging waste;
(iii) on the prevention of packaging litter;
(b) providing information or advice to the public on any of the matters referred to in paragraph (a) by any other means;
(c) publishing information on packaging, including on the recyclability of different types of packaging in use, and the extent to which different producers are using recyclable packaging and other types of environmentally sustainable packaging.
(3) In determining the type of public information campaigns to be carried out, and what the focus of those campaigns should be, the scheme administrator may take account of the following factors—
(a) the recycling rates of packaging waste of different packaging categories;
(b) the packaging waste items collected for recycling by relevant authorities, and whether any new items are added to recycling collections;
(c) differences in recycling behaviour of members of the public and businesses and differences in collection systems in different areas within the United Kingdom; and
(d) any other factor the scheme administrator considers relevant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264654/schedule/7/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/schedule-7/paragraph-4
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.