Repak slams VFI call for levies

Repak, the industry-funded used packaging compliance scheme, has slammed the Vintners' Federation of Ireland call on the Minister for the Environment to introduce a levy on non-returnable containers and packaging as unworkable and self-serving.

According to Andrew Hetherington, CEO, Repak, "The volume of used packaging ending up as waste in pubs, as reported by the VFI, reflects the success of publicans. Essentially the VFI and their members are calling for somebody else to pay for their waste management."

Repak is a not-for-profit members-based packaging compliance scheme which was established under a voluntary agreement between industry and the Department of the Environment and Local Government in 1997.