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L.N. 235  of 2022
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT
(CAP. 549)
Beverage Containers Recycling (Amendment) Regulations, 2022
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 54 and 55 of
the Environment Protection Act, the Minister responsible for th e
environment, after consultation with the Environment and Resour ces
Authority, has made the following regulations:-
Citation.
S.L. 549.134.1. The title of these regulations is the Beverage Containers
Recycling (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 and these regulations shall
be read and construed as one with the Beverage Containers Recyc ling
Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations" .
Amends 
regulation 1 of 
the principal 
regulations.2. Sub-regulation (3) of regulation 1 of the principal
regulations shall be substituted by the following new sub-regulation:
Amends 
regulation 8 of 
the principal regulations.3. Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 8 of the principal
regulations shall be amended as follows:
(a) in paragraph (j) thereof, the words "pursuant to
regulation 10; and" shall be subs tituted by the words "pursuant  to
regulation 10;"; 
(b) in paragraph (k) thereof, the words "the success of the
Scheme." shall be substituted by the words "the success of the
Scheme; and"; and
(c) immediately after paragraph (k) thereof there shall beS.L. 549.43.
L.N. 237 of 
2022."(3) The scope of these regulations is to transpose
the provisions of Directive 94/62/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of the 20 December 1994 on
packaging and packaging waste and Article 8(2) and (4)and Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on thereduction of the impact of certain plastic products on theenvironment with respect to beverage containers, and the
provisions of these regulations, the Waste Management
(Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations and theSingle-Use Plastic Framew ork Regulations shall be
applied and interpreted accordingly.".
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added the following new paragraph: 
S.L. 549.141.
L.N. 237 of 
2022."(l) without prejudice to sub-regulation (3) of
regulation 6 of the Extended Producer
Responsibility Framework Regulations, to cover the
following costs for the beverage containers listed in
the Second Schedule that are considered to besingle-use plastic products as defined in  regulation 3
of the Single-Use Plastic Framework Regulations, inso far as not already included, by 31 December
2024:
L.N. 237 of 
2022.(i) the costs of the awareness raising
measures referred to in regulation 12 of the
Single-Use Plastic Framework Regulations;
S.L. 549.63.(ii) the costs of waste collection as
defined in regulation 4 of the WasteRegulations for those products that arediscarded in public collection systems,
including the infrastructure and its operations,
and the subsequent transport and treatment ofthat waste;
 (iii) the costs of cleaning up litter
resulting from those products and the
subsequent transport and treatment of that
litter:
Provided that the costs to be covered
referred to in this paragraph shall not exceed thecosts that are necessary to provide the services
referred to therein in a cost-efficient way and shall
be established in a transparent way between theAgency, the operator and any other actors
concerned:
Provided further that the costs of
cleaning up litter shall be limited to activities
undertaken by public authorities or on their behalf.Such activities shall be s ubject to prior approval by
the Agency. The calculation methodology shall bedeveloped in a way that allows for the costs ofcleaning up litter to be es tablished in a proportionate
way. To minimise administrative costs, the Ministerin consultation with the Authority and the Agencymay determine financial contributions towards the
costs of cleaning up litter by setting appropriate
multiannual fixed amounts.".
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Substitutes the 
Fifth Schedule 
to the principal regulations.4. The Fifth Schedule to the pri ncipal regulations shall be
substituted by the following new Schedule: 
"Fifth Schedule
Collection Targets
Operator
(i) Material Stream I: beverage containers made from metal – 
From 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022 - seventy per cent
(70%) in terms of weight of single use containers registered in  terms of
the Scheme as having been placed on the market during the said
period.
1st January 2023 to 31st December 2023 - seventy per cent
(70%) in terms of weight of single use containers registered in  terms of
the Scheme as having been placed on the market during the said
period.
1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024 - eighty per cent (80%)
in terms of weight of single use containers registered in terms of theScheme as having been placed on the market during the said peri od.
1st January 2025 to 31st December 2025 - eighty-five per cent
(85%) in terms of weight of the single use containers registere d in
terms of the Scheme as having been placed on the market during the
said period.
1st January 2026 to 31st December 2026 and for every calendar
year thereafter - ninety per cen t (90%) in terms of weight of s ingle use
containers registered in terms of the Scheme as having been placed on
the market during the said period.
L.N. 237 of 
2022.(ii) Material Stream II: beverag e containers made from plastic
that are single-use plastic products as defined in regulation 3 of the
Single-Use Plastic Fra mework Regulations – 
From 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022 - seventy per cent
(70%) in terms of weight of single use containers registered in  terms of
the Scheme as having been placed on the market during the saidperiod.
1 January 2023 to 31st December 2023 - seventy per cent (70%)
in terms of weight of single use containers registered in terms of theScheme as having been placed on the market during the said peri od.
1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024 - eighty per cent (80%)
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in terms of weight of single use containers registered in terms of the
Scheme as having been placed on the market during the said period.
1st January 2025 to 31st December 2025 - eighty-five per cent
(85%) in terms of weight of singl e use containers registered in  terms of
the Scheme as having been placed on the market during the said
period.
1st January 2026 to 31st December 2026 and for every calendar
year thereafter - ninety per cen t (90%) in terms of weight of s ingle use
containers registered in terms of the Scheme as having been pla ced on
the market during the said period.
(iii) Material Stream III: beverage containers made from glass –  
From 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022 - seve nty per cent
(70%) in terms of weight of singl e use containers registered in  terms of
the Scheme as having been placed on the market during the saidperiod.
1st January 2023 to 31st December 2023 - seventy per cent
(70%) in terms of weight of singl e use containers registered in  terms of
the Scheme as having been placed on the market during the said
period.
1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024 - eighty per cent (80%)
in terms of weight of single use containers registered in terms of theScheme as having been placed on the market during the said period.
1st January 2025 to 31st December 2025 - eighty-five per cent
(85%) in terms of weight of singl e use containers registered in  terms of
the Scheme as having been placed on the market during the said
period.
1st January 2026 to 31st December 2026 and for every calendar
year thereafter - ninety per cent (90%) in terms of weight the single
use containers registered in terms of the Scheme as having been  placed
on the market during the said period.
Producers of refillable beverage containers
From 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022 - seve nty per cent
(70%) in terms of weight of the refillable containers registere d by the
producer as having been placed on the market during the said period.
1st January 2023 to 31st December 2023 - seventy per cent
(70%) in terms of weight of the refillable containers registere d by the
producer as having been placed on the market during the said period.
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1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024 - eighty per cent (80%)
in terms of weight of the refill able containers registered by the
producer as having been placed on the market during the said period.
1st January 2025 to 31st December 2025 - eighty-five per cent
(85%) in terms of weight of the refillable containers registere d by the
producer as having been placed on the market during the said period.
1st January 2026 to 31st December 2026 and for every calendar
year thereafter - ninety per cen t (90%) in terms of weight of t he
refillable containers registered  by the producer as having been  placed
on the market during the said period.".
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