IMPORTANT waste regulations will come under the spotlight at a special seminar in Bury next Thursday (Feb 25).

The event, an update on producer responsibility obligations, is being staged by Bury's Business Environment Association (BEA).

It will be held at Bury Football Club's Starkies Suite between 3.45pm and 6.30pm.

The seminar will focus on the "producer responsibility challenge" which has been extended to packaging waste.

It has an impact on many Bury companies through the implementation of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997.

Companies with an annual turnover greater than £5 million and handling in excess of 50 tonnes of packaging are obligated to recover and recycle a certain amount of packaging from the waste stream.

This turnover threshold will drop to £1 million on January 1 next year, therefore hitting significantly more businesses.

More waste streams, say Bury BEA, will soon be affected through a broadening of the responsibility challenge into areas such as end-of-life electronic equipment, vehicles, tyres and batteries, to name but a few.

Speakers at the seminar include Bury BEA manager Mike Kinsella, Howard and Mike Thorpe from the Environment Agency, Daniel McGuigan of the Business Environment Association, and John Maynard of Wolstenholme International.

For more details, or to book a place, contact Bury BEA on 763 4185.

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