Nottingham based firm makes £75,000 environmental donations after being caught not paying recycling costs for 15 years
Nottingham based Kennelpak Ltd has paid over £75,000 to the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust and the Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association for its past failure to meet its packaging recycling obligations.
The financial contribution is part of an enforcement undertaking (EU) offered to the Environment Agency for its failure to register with the Environment Agency, recycle and recover a proportion of their waste by purchasing Packaging Recovery Notes.
The payment has been split, with 50% going to the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust towards its Attenborough Nature Reserve Project and 50% to the Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association towards the renovation of the Lock Cottages in Sandiacre, Derbyshire.
Kennelpak Limited are a manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of pet foods and pet-related products. The company was unaware that as they were handling over 50 tonnes of packaging waste and had a turnover of more than £2million, they had obligations under The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007. They had failed to comply with the Regulations for registration years 2001 to 2016.
Joanne Weston, Environment Officer at the Environment Agency, said:
Erin McDaid, Head of Communications & Marketing at Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, said:
Norman Cornwell, Chairman of the Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association, said: