If your business or organisation produces or uses packaging, or sells packaged goods, you may be classed as an ‘obligated packaging producer.’ It ensures that packaging producers take responsibility for their environmental impact and contribute to the costs of recycling and recovery in the aim too:
- Reduce the amount of packaging produced in the first place.
- Reduce how much packaging waste goes to landfill.
- Increase the amount of packaging waste that’s recycled and recovered.
Businesses are obligated under the regulations should they meet both of the following criteria:
- You handled 50 tonnes of packaging material in the previous calendar year.
- You have a turnover of more than 2 million a year (based on the last financial years accounts).
To find out more visit the gov.uk website for guidance https://www.gov.uk/guidance/packaging-producer-responsibilities.
If you need to know the weight of packaging we supplied to you in the last calendar year then please contact your account manager for a weight report.
Should you wish to reduce the packaging you are currently using, we have plenty of innovative and new products available designed to reduce the amount of packaging needed. For the increasingly environmentally conscious market we also stock a wide range of recyclable and eco-friendly paper products.
Please contact one of the team on 01564 823176 or email [email protected] if you require more information.