British food firms lobbied to defer £1.7bn plastic packaging tax, documents reveal
by Lucas Amin and Jon Ungoed-Thomas from Environment | The Guardian on (#6R8B5)
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 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.
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