Singapore legislation
Regulation 16
of Resource Sustainability (Producer Responsibility Schemes) Regulations 2021
Regulation 16
Manner of determining return rate of empty beverage containers collected
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of determining whether the return rate of empty beverage containers collected by a licensee has met the return rate target for empty beverage containers imposed under the licensee’s licence in a compliance year, only the following information may be included:
the number of units of empty beverage containers (used for any beverage product supplied by any member of the licensee’s licensed scheme) that are accepted at any return point operated by, or for or on behalf of, the licensee in the compliance year;
the number of units of beverage products supplied in Singapore by any member of the licensee’s licensed scheme in the compliance year.
Subregulation 2
A licensee commits an offence if the licensee knowingly includes or excludes any number of units of empty beverage containers or beverage products otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (1) for the purposes of determining whether the licensee has met the return rate target.
Subregulation 3
A licensee who is guilty of an offence under paragraph (2) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.
Subregulation 4
In this regulation, the return rate of empty beverage containers collected by a licensee is calculated by dividing the total number of units of empty beverage containers (used for beverage products supplied by any member of the licensee’s licensed scheme) accepted at all return points operated by, or for or on behalf of, the licensee in a compliance year, by the total number of units of beverage products supplied in Singapore by all members of the licensee’s licensed scheme in the compliance year.