The real cost of packaging waste
21 Jul 2010 | Filed under: ComplianceOne of our consultants, Terry Crouch, has been doing some waste management work for a client recently and as a result came across an article about another local company that fell foul of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 following a routine Environment Agency visit. These oblige any company with an annual turnover in excess of £2 million and handling more than 50 tonnes of wood, aluminium, steel, cardboard or plastic packaging waste a year to register with the Enviroment Agency or an approved compliance scheme. Each year, they must also provide evidence of payment for recovery and recycling of a specified proportion of their packaging. And the real cost of these obligations? Well, this company was fined a total of £23,000 for not meeting them! Of course, Terry’s client won’t have this problem as he’ll ensure all the paperwork and bureacracy is in order as an integral part of his management service.
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