OPINION: 'DRS response marks significant juncture for sector'
Patrick Brighty, recycling policy adviser at the ESA, looks in depth at the government's response to its consultation on the DRS.
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Patrick Brighty, recycling policy adviser at the ESA, looks in depth at the government's response to its consultation on the DRS.
In November, voters will decide if a tax on single-use plastics is the way to reduce the proliferation of plastic waste.
The Plastics Tax is just one of many complex factors pushing up the price of recycled plastics, recyclers say.
The latest news from the waste and recycling sector, featuring news on AO Recycling, the Environment Agency and others.
With less than a year to go until the Plastic Packaging Tax is introduced in the UK, a study by Veolia shows 83% of businesses asked were not even aware of the tax.