'Enforcement Undertaking': Budweiser Budvar importer pays £400,000 over recycling scheme failure

James Murray
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Beer importer makes payment to Keep Britain Tidy, after Environment Agency finds company failed to register with packaging waste scheme for 18 years

Bristol-based beer importer Budweiser Budvar UK Ltd has contributed more than £400,000 to the Make Britain Tidy campaign, after an Environment Agency investigation revealed it had failed to register as...

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