# The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 1998, Paragraph 2


Requirements specific to the reusable nature of packaging
The following requirements must be simultaneously satisfied:
the physical properties and characteristics of the packaging shall enable a number of trips or rotations in normally predictable conditions of use,
possibility of processing the used packaging in order to meet health and safety requirements for the workforce,
fulfil the requirements specific to recoverable packaging when the packaging is no longer reused and thus becomes waste.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1165/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/packaging-essential-requirements-regulations-1998/schedule/paragraph-2
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