Boots branch fined over waste regulations breach

A branch of high street pharmacy Boots was fined over €1,000 and became the first company prosecuted for breaching a European Union directive aimed at cutting levels of electrical waste, it emerged today.

Boots branch fined over waste regulations breach
Tue, 24 Jan, 2006 - 18:15

A branch of high street pharmacy Boots was fined over €1,000 and became the first company prosecuted for breaching a European Union directive aimed at cutting levels of electrical waste, it emerged today.

The firm pleaded guilty at Wexford District Court to two breaches of the Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations.

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