Carluccio's charged with breaching recycling rules

Published: 03 October, 2008

Italian restaurant chain Carluccio's has been charged for allegedly breaching rules requiring it to attempt to reduce and recycle waste packaging.

Italian restaurant chain Carluccio's has been charged for allegedly breaching rules requiring it to attempt to reduce and recycle waste packaging.

The Environment Agency is prosecuting Carluccio's under the Producer Responsibility Obligations 2007, for failing to register as a producer of packaging waste. The legislation requires companies who have an annual turnover in excess of £2 million and who handle in excess of 50 tonnes of packaging per annum to register with the Environment Agency or a compliance scheme.

The case is due to be heard on October 22 at City of Westminster Magistrates Court. Carluccio's could face a fine of £5,000 per offence if found guilty in the magistrates court, or an unlimited fine if the case proceeds to the Crown Court.

Nobody from Carluccio's was available for comment.

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