Pet product firm pays more than £60,000 to charity over regulations breach
A pet-product firm has paid more than £60,000 to a charity after failing to fulfil environmental obligations.
Rosewood Pet Products, based at Queensway in Telford, has paid the money to Shropshire Wildlife Trust following an investigation by the Environment Agency (EA).
The EA said the company had not registered for packing regulations until 2020 – despite being obligated to sign up in 1999.
The regulations are designed to ensure that businesses fund the recycling of the waste they create.
Companies become an ‘obligated’ packaging producer if they handled in excess of 50 tonnes of packaging materials in the previous calendar year, and have a turnover of more than £2 million.
By failing to register and to take reasonable steps to recover and recycle packaging waste, it was estimated that the business avoided fees and charges of £60,135.97.
As a result the firm agreed to make a payment to charity under what the EA call a 'proactive Enforcement Undertaking' – a voluntary offer made by companies and individuals to make amends for their offending. It usually includes a financial contribution to a charity to carry out environmental improvements.
