What a load of rubbish!

09 Aug 2010 | Filed under: Regulation, Waste and the environment

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a blog about the cost of complying with – or rather failing to comply with – packaging waste legislation. Now, following on the same theme, Andrew Roclawski has posted an article on his blog about the rising cost of landfill tax. With the price per tonne due to increase by an inflation-busting £8 every year for the foreseeable future this is a significant cost that will impact on the profitability of every organisation, public or private, disposing of waste to landfill sites. Andrew, who before joining Auditel spent many years in the building and waste management industries, has some useful insights into the issues this rising cost will force companies to address over the coming years and has included a ‘hot cost saving tip’ for anybody whose business produces clinical waste.

The real cost of packaging waste

21 Jul 2010 | Filed under: Compliance, Regulation, Waste and the environment

One 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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