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===Producer Responsibility===
===Producer Responsibility===
The Act allows Ministers in England and the Devolved Administrations to make regulations about [[Producer Responsibility|producer responsibility obligations]] which could be made to  prevent a product or material becoming waste, reduce the amount of a product or material that becomes waste, or sustain a minimum level of reuse, redistribution, recovery or recycling of products or materials. Further detail on this can be found in Schedule 4<ref name="COM" />.
The Act allows Ministers in England and the Devolved Administrations to make regulations about [[Producer Responsibility|producer responsibility obligations]] which could be made to  prevent a product or material becoming [[waste]], reduce the amount of a product or material that becomes [[waste]], or sustain a minimum level of reuse, redistribution, recovery or recycling of products or materials. Further detail on this can be found in Schedule 4<ref name="COM" />.


Regulations can also be made that require payments from those involved in the manufacturing, processing, distributing or supplying of specific products or materials to contribute to the disposal costs of those products or materials. Requirements about what these regulations must or may include is given in Schedule 5.
Regulations can also be made that require payments from those involved in the manufacturing, processing, distributing or supplying of specific products or materials to contribute to the disposal costs of those products or materials. Requirements about what these regulations must or may include is given in Schedule 5.