Singapore legislation
Regulation 3
of Resource Sustainability (E-waste Recyclers) Regulations 2021
Regulation 3
Material recovery target
Subregulation 1
The licensed e‑waste recycler who operates one or more disposal facilities that process or treat one or more categories of regulated products specified in the first column of Part 1 of the Second Schedule, must ensure that the weight of materials recovered in each compliance year, for each category of regulated product, is not less than the material recovery target weight for that category of regulated product calculated for that compliance year in accordance with paragraph (2).
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of paragraph (1), the material recovery target weight for a category of regulated product in any compliance year, is the weight (in kilogrammes) calculated according to the following formula:where —
A is the total weight of regulated products in that category which is received by the licensed e‑waste recycler during that compliance year;
B is the total weight of regulated products in that category which is received by the licensed e‑waste recycler at any time during the compliance year immediately preceding that compliance year and stored unprocessed and untreated in the preceding compliance year;
C is the total weight of regulated products in that category which is transferred at any time during the compliance year to another licensed e‑waste recycler or any disposal facility outside of Singapore, without processing or treatment in that compliance year;
D is the total weight of regulated products in that category which is received by the licensed e‑waste recycler at any time but is stored at the end of that compliance year by the licensed e‑waste recycler in an unprocessed and untreated condition; and
E is the corresponding material recovery target for regulated products in that category, specified in the second column of Part 1 of the Second Schedule, for that compliance year.
Subregulation 3
A licensed e‑waste recycler who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
Subregulation 4
In this regulation, the weight of materials recovered in a compliance year from each category of regulated products received is the sum of the following:
the total weight of regulated products in that category, prepared for re‑use in that compliance year;
the total weight of recycled materials recovered from the regulated products in that category in that compliance year.