It sounds like a very good thing, and probably brings UK into line with what some other countries in Europe have done for years, though my guess is the government’s consultation and “user panel” won’t have reached street level metal waste collectors, who I can’t see accurately logging all items of waste collected and transferred. Neither can I see it reducing the fly tipping this legislation among other things purports to address.
Of course this involves another major government IT project. What could possibly go wrong? It looks as though we have missed the boat on responding to consultation and input to the user group.