Methodology for the determination of the weight of separately collected waste single-use bottles
Article 2
1. The weight of the waste single-use bottles shall include the weight of their caps and lids. 2. The weight of the waste single-use bottles shall not include the weight of any remaining beverage. 3. The weight of the waste single-use bottles may include the weight of labels and adhesives only if it is included also in the weight of the single-use bottles placed on the market. 4. The waste single-use bottles shall be considered as separately collected where either of the following conditions is fulfilled: (a) the waste single-use bottles have been collected separately for recycling from any other waste; (b) the waste single-use bottles have been collected together with other waste packaging fractions of municipal waste or with other non-packaging plastic, metal, paper or glass fractions of municipal waste collected separately for recycling, and (i) the collection system does not collect waste likely to contain hazardous substances; (ii) the collection of waste and the subsequent sorting are designed and carried out to minimise contamination of collected waste single-use bottles from waste plastics not originating from such bottles and other waste; (iii) quality assurance systems are set up by the waste operators in order to verify that the conditions set out in points (i) and (ii) are fulfilled. 5. The quality assurance systems referred to in paragraph 4, point (b)(iii) shall: (a) take account of the adequacy of personnel, their knowledge and skills, and the organisation of the premises and equipment to the extent necessary to ensure that collected waste single-use bottles comply with the conditions set out in paragraph 4, point (b)(i) and (ii); (b) carry out the verifying operations accordance with pre-established instructions and procedures; (c) be certified by an independent third party. 6. The weight of waste single-use bottles collected separately in accordance with paragraph 4, point (a), shall be measured at the point where they are collected or at the output of the sorting operations. The weight of such waste bottles may be calculated by counting the bottles provided that conversion factors are applied that take into account the weight of each bottle size, the polymer type of the bottles and the lids and caps as well as the losses in subsequent sorting operations. 7. The weight of waste single-use bottles collected separately in accordance with paragraph 4, point (b), shall be measured at the output of the sorting operations where they are separated from the other waste with which they were collected. 8. Where waste single-use bottles and other packaging waste of the same polymer are present at the output of a sorting operation, the weight of the waste single-use bottles shall be proportional to the share of waste single-use bottles at the input of a sorting operation. That share shall be determined based on representative sampling and subsequent compositional analysis or by use of electronic registries.