The key aim of these regulations is to promote packaging reduction / reuse / recycling / and recovery and so to divert the amount of waste going to landfill to more sustainable alternatives.

Under the packaging regulations FUJIFILM UK Ltd are obliged to complete an annual packaging calculation. Our sales figures for the previous year are combined with the packaging data for each product sold to give a total amount of plastic, wood, paper and metal in tonnes. This data is collected by Valpak, our Packaging Compliance Scheme, audited, and submitted on our behalf to the Government. We then receive a bill based on our packaging totals, the current costs to recycle each material, and the Government targets which dictate the amount of materials recycling that has to be carried out.

In this way FUJIFILM UK Ltd are contributing annually to the UK’s packaging recycling infrastructure.

What should I do with my plastic film tubs or the packaging from my new camera?

FUJIFILM UK Ltd. cannot take your packaging back directly, however as a member of Valpak we have helped fund the UK’s packaging recycling infrastructure. In order to locate a suitable recycling facility, please check out the recycle-more website a one-stop recycling information centre. Here you will find help and advice on all aspects of recycling at home, at school and in the workplace. There is a useful ‘bank locator’ where you can find your nearest recycling facility just by entering your postcode