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British food firms lobbied to defer £1.7bn plastic packaging tax, documents reveal

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New scheme to improve recycling rates and tackle pollution was pushed back by Tories after industry complaintsLobbyists for Britain’s biggest food brands successfully pushed for a £1.7bn packaging tax to be deferred, new documents reveal.The fees for a new scheme to improve recycling rates and tackle plastic pollution were due to be imposed this month, but were delayed for a year by the last Tory government after the industry complained about the costs in a series of private meetings. Continue reading…

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/05/british-food-firms-lobbied-to-defer-17bn-plastic-packaging-tax-documents-reveal

Author : Lucas Amin and Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Publish date : 2024-10-05 15:00:25

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