New scheme to improve recycling rates and tackle pollution was pushed back by Tories after industry complaints Lobbyists 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 an...
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