Environmental Directives and Laws Affecting Businesses
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- Created on: 22-03-17 15:16
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- Specific Laws and Directives Affecting Businesses
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
- Forces businesses to increase recycling of waste electrical equipment which previously went on landfill sites
- Since August 2005, manufacturer had increased responsibility for ensuring goods are recycled at the end of their life
- Landfill Tax
- Introduced in 1996
- Aim to reduce the amount of waste being dumped into landfill sites
- EU Packaging and Waste Directive
- Forces businesses to increase recycling of packaging
- Targets for the % of wood, paper, glass and plastic to be recycled
- Climate Change Act
- Requires UK PLCs to report their greenhouse gas emissions in annual reports - if these made public, companies more likely to try and reduce them
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
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