Kite Warns Customers Of Environment Agency Crackdown This January

Under The Producer Responsibility
(Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007, companies which exceed turnovers of
£2million are required to assess the amount of packaging they handle, and
contribute towards the cost of recycling in the UK - and this year that
obligation is set to rise.

A spokesperson from Kite Packaging
said:  "2013 will see some big changes to the Regulations, but here
at Kite we are urging our customers not to panic.  If you are unsure of
how to calculate your obligation or have never complied before then Kite can provide free advice to avoid any penalties.

"To make the issue of compliance a
little easier to grasp, we have launched a live on site compliance calculator for our online customers. If you buy your packaging
online from us the good news is you can find out exactly what you have used via
the My Account section of the website - simply log in and click on the
Packaging Regs tab."

The handy calculator will automatically
produce a report showing the weights of all the packaging materials you have
bought from Kite over a user-defined period, as well as a graph to see your packaging
usage at a glance.

Kite can provide businesses with
one-to-one support to those unsure of their responsibilities, and businesses
areassigned a regulations expert to help with the whole compliance process, including an
initial assessment of your company, identification of your obligated packaging
and a calculation of your obligation, among other services. This involves
converting raw data into a final obligation upon which a levy is paid in the
form of PRNs (Packaging Recovery Notes).

The Environment Agency
regularly audits compliance schemes and Kite is pleased to announce that its
Compliance Scheme was recently rated as being excellent, so if you are worried
about these new changes and what they mean for your business contact us HERE

 Kite Packaging
is represented by Tina Clough at Poppy-PR, please direct all press enquiries to
tina.clough@poppy-pr.co.uk