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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/648",
  "legislation_title": "The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "(1) The amount of packaging waste to be recovered by a producer in relation to a class of producer to which he belongs is calculated as follows—\nP×C×X=Z where—\nP is the amount in tonnes to the nearest tonne of packaging and packaging materials handled by the producer in the preceding year,\nC is the percentage prescribed in paragraph 3 below in relation to the class of producer,\nX is the percentage prescribed in paragraph 4 below as the recovery target for the relevant year, and\nZ is the amount by tonnage of packaging waste which is to be recovered within the relevant year.\n(2) The proportion of the packaging waste referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above which is to be recovered by recycling is, for the year 2001 and subsequent years, in relation to a class of producer to which the producer belongs, not less than 50% of the amount by tonnage of packaging waste represented by “Z” in sub-paragraph (1) above.\n(3) The obligations of a producer to recover by recycling an amount of packaging materials which is packaging waste in relation to a class of producer to which he belongs are calculated in relation to each packaging material which he handled in the preceding year, as follows—\nM×C×Y=Q where—\nM is the amount in tonnes to the nearest tonne of the packaging material handled by the producer in the preceding year,\nC is the percentage prescribed in paragraph 3 below in relation to the class of producer,\nY is the percentage prescribed in paragraph 5 below as the recycling target for the relevant year, and\nQ is the amount by tonnage of packaging waste of that packaging material which is to be recycled in the relevant year.",
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