Tough nut to crack on recycling rules
February 1st 2008 A London-based
international nut supplier
Barrow, Lane and Ballard
was ordered to pay £33,360
at Tower Bridge Magistrates
Court for failing to recover
and recycle more than 900
tonnes of packaging waste.
The company pleaded guilty
to failing to register with
the Environment Agency
as a producer of packaging
waste, and to failing to
meet its requirements to
recover and recycle
packaging waste for nine
years from 1998 – 2006.
The company – which
imports nuts from Vietnam,
Bolivia, China, and
Argentina and exports them
throughout Northern Europe
and North America – was
fined £23,400 and ordered
to pay £2,356 in costs to the
Environment Agency.
Magistrates also ordered
compensation of £7,604 to
be paid to the Environment
Agency for avoided
registration fees.
Under the producer
responsibility obligations
(packaging waste)
regulations, all businesses
with an annual turnover in
excess of £2 million that
handle more than 50 tonnes
of packaging each year,
must be registered with the
Environment Agency or a
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