Paper and board environmental contribution further reduced

A little over a month after the coming into force of the new environmental contribution (CAC), the Board of Directors of the Italian National Packaging Consortium has decided to further reduce the CAC for paper and board packaging by 4 euros a ton, that will hence - as of April 1st 2013 - go from 10 to 6 euros a ton.

This is the third reduction of the environmental contribution for paper and cardboard in little more than a year (from 22 to 6 euro per ton): as a result user companies will have to pay 73% less than last year.

Due to the reductions that came into force in 2012, paper and board packaging users have already saved more than 30 million euros in the current year. It is also estimated that a further decrease as of April 2013 will generate more savings for businesses of over 10 million euros. This is a real “hat-trick” made for benefit of Italian companies approved by the consortium system to effectively help overcome the difficult times.