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£271,800 Fine for Red Bull for Packaging Waste Failures
17 August 2009
The Red Bull Company Ltd pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to charges of failing to register with the Environment Agency (EA) as a producer of packaging waste, and charges of failing to meet its requirements to recover and recycle packaging waste with respect to each of the eight years between 1999 and 2006, a total of sixteen charges. Under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 , businesses that have an annual turnover in excess of a specified amount (£2 million since 2000) and handle more than 50 tonnes of packaging each year, must be registered with the Environment Agency or a compliance scheme. Each year, obligated businesses must also provide evidence of payment for the recovery and recycling of packaging waste. Red Bull Company Ltd approached the EA on 8 July 2007 to say that it was not registered with the EA or a compliance scheme. By not registering it was estimated that Red Bull made a saving of more than £180,000. More information on this article can be found on he Environment Agency website here: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/109907.aspx ? The full text of the legislation can be found here: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/uksi_20070871_en_1 | 
