58 Electronic waste tracking: Great Britain

58  Electronic waste tracking: Great Britain

(1)     The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).

(2)     After section 34C insert—

“Electronic waste tracking

34CA Electronic waste tracking

(1)     The relevant national authority may by regulations make provision for the purpose of tracking relevant waste, including provision about the establishment of an electronic system (“the system”) for that purpose.

(2)     The regulations may impose requirements on relevant waste controllers, or a waste regulation authority, to take specified steps to secure the entry into the system of specified information about, or which is relevant to the tracking or regulation of, specified relevant waste.

(3)     The information which may be specified includes information about—

(a)     the processing, movement or transfer to another person of relevant waste or waste processing products;

(b)     persons to whom relevant waste or waste processing products have been transferred;

(c)     the carrying out of any activity by relevant waste controllers in relation to, or in connection with, relevant waste or waste processing products;

(d)     relevant waste controllers.

(4)     The regulations may impose requirements on relevant waste controllers to take specified steps to enable physical identification of specified relevant waste or waste processing products.

(5)

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