23.5.2022
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 144/65
This calculation option shall be used: (i) With data from the previous bottle pool when the previous and current bottle pool are comparable, meaning, the same product category, similar bottle characteristics (e.g. size), comparable return systems (e.g. collection methods, same consumer group and outlet channels), etc. (ii) With data from the current bottle pool when future estimations/extrapolations are available on (i) the bottle purchases, (ii) the volumes sold, and (iii) the bottle pool’s lifetime.
The data shall be supply-chain-specific and shall be verified during the verification and validation process, including the reasoning for the method choice.
Option ‘b’: If no real data is tracked, the calculation shall be done partly based on assumptions.
This option is less accurate due to the assumptions made and therefore conservative/safe estimates shall be used.
The following data is needed. 1.
Average number of rotations of a single bottle, during one calendar year (if not broken).
One loop consists of filling, delivery, use and return to the company for washing (#Rot). 2.
Estimated lifetime of the bottle pool (LT, in years). 3.
Average percentage of loss per rotation.
This refers to the sum of losses at the consumer stage and the bottles scrapped at filling sites (%Los).
This calculation option shall be used when option ‘a’ is not applicable (e.g. the previous pool cannot be used as a reference).
The data used shall be verified during the verification and validation process, including the reason for choosing between option ‘a’ and option ‘b’.
4.4.9.4
A ve ra g e r eu s e ra t e s f or c o m p a n y - o w n e d p o o l s PEF studies that have company owned reusable packaging pools in scope shall use company specific reuse rates, calculated following the rules outlined in Section 4.4.9.3.
4.4.9.5
A ve ra g e r eu s e ra t e s f or t h i rd p a r t y o p e ra t e d p o o l s The following reuse rates shall be used in those PEF studies that have third party operated reusable packaging pools in scope, unless better quality data are available: a) glass bottles: 30 trips for beer and water, 5 trips for wine (33); b) plastic crates for bottles: 30 trips (34); c) plastic pallets: 50 trips (Nederlands Instituut voor Bouwbiologie en Ecologie, 2014) (35); d) wooden pallets: 25 trips (Nederlands Instituut voor Bouwbiologie en Ecologie, 2014) (36).
The user of the PEF method may use other values if they are justified and data sources are provided.
(33) Assumption based on the monopoly system of Finland.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/studies/packaging/finland.pdf (34) Technical approximation as no data source could be found.
Technical specifications guarantee a lifetime of 10 years.
A return of 3 times per year (between 2 to 4) is taken as a first approximation.
(35) The less conservative number is used.
(36) Half of plastic pallets is used as an approximation