Toy importer fined for not recycling

Corby toy importer and distributor Zapf Creation (UK) has been fined a total of £18,000 and ordered to pay full Environment Agency costs of £1,132 after admitting failing its environmental duty. 

For more than three years the company should have been signed up to a recycling scheme but assumed its parent company in Germany had dealt with any recycling requirements. The company’s annual income for at least three years was in excess of £5m and it handled 840 t... (266 more words)

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