Environmental Update (October 2009)
Packaging Regulation Fine
A Crawley based company, has been ordered to pay £23,406 after
failing to comply with the Producer Responsibility Obligations
(Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 and for failing to produce
evidence that it had recovered and recycled the obligated amount of
packaging waste.
The Company operate as a manufacture, supply service and repair of
electric catering and domestic appliances. The company had not
registered with the Environment Agency (EA) and had not met its
requirements to recover and recycle packaging between 1997 and
2008.
It was estimated that the company had avoided costs of around
£16,000 by not registering and purchasing the correct amount of
Packaging Recovery Notes. It was found to have been in
contravention to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging
Waste) Regulations.
The Company was fined £10,500, ordered to pay compensation of
£9,906. The magistrates also ordered the company to pay £3,000 in
costs to the EA.
The EA discovered the Company was not registered in May 2008 as
part of routine checks.