Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
These Regulations entered into force on 2nd October 2023 and amend the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 in respect to Sch 2 Part 9 relating to Waste Operations and Material Facilities.
From October 2024 these amended MRF Regulations brought more waste facilities under the scope of the Material Facility (MF) regulations than previously. The amended regulations bring into scope facilities which receive single waste streams and facilities which consolidate waste material into bulk quantities. The regulations place the onus on the operator of the site to self-assess whether their facility is a MF under the regulations[1].
These new MRF Regulations also increased the frequency of sampling from 125 tonnes previously to every 75 tonnes (per supplier). the sample weight does however remain at 60kg (minimum weight 55kg)[1].
The number of input sampling categories also increased from four to ten and material facilities now need to record where the waste material is from.
Packaging and deposit return schemes (DRS) material proportions must also be sampled and reported.