Schedule 6: Resource efficiency information Part 1: Requirements Examples of provision that may be made
Paragraph 4 gives examples of provision that may be made. These include provisions around:
How information about the product is to be provided. This may, for example, be through affixing a label or through providing information in a manual accompanying the product or on the manufacturer’s website.
Giving certain bodies the authority to determine whether the product has the characteristics which it is described to have on the label or in other information accompanying the product. For example, if a label is required to be affixed to packaging in order to state whether or not it is a recyclable, regulations may contain a provision giving someone the function of determining whether the packaging is indeed recyclable or not. This body will also publish the results of their determinations.
Additional examples include mandatory labelling of clothing in respect of durability, expected lifetime or recycled content, or information about nappies and other absorbent hygiene products covering their environmental performance and impact.
Specifying a scheme for classifying products, such as a ‘rating label’ scheme assessing how well products meet criteria relating to resource efficiency.
Requiring information about a product to be determined according to specified criteria. This criteria could be based on the results of the determinations or classification schemes set out above.