Whats the role for Compliance Schemes?
All producers have to register through an approved Producer Compliance Scheme. They can register themselves as a Scheme, but must still go through the full approval process – and pay the £12,174 fee that each scheme will have to pay for 3 years approval. Compliance schemes will be legally liable for achieving their member’s obligations and must have approval through the Secretary of State. The Regulations apply strict requirements for approval, including an operational plan, financial security, operation by a fit and proper person etc. There are now over 40 schemes, some of whom are solely for B2B producers. B2C schemes have a market share obligation that comes from the data supplied by them to the Environment Agency for EEE placed onto the market by members. The scheme will have to estimate what tonnage of WEEE in each of those categories is likely to arise in the UK through the compliance period and then apply its market share to estimate the amount of evidence it is likely to have t
