Coronavirus: UK faces cardboard shortage due to crisis
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from on (#51FTF)
Recycling Association warns of serious impact on supplies of food and medicine packaging
The UK could be hit by a national cardboard shortage as more and more local councils suspend their regular recycling collections owing to pressures caused by the coronavirus outbreak, the industry's trade body has warned.
The Recycling Association said it has huge concerns about a looming European and even worldwide shortage of fibre - used paper and cardboard - which is used to manufacture millions of cardboard boxes essential for food and medical supplies distribution.
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