Councils to be docked funds if they misuse packaging tax cash

Recycling

Defra has brought forward a raft of regulations in parliament aimed at tackling producer concerns over the accountability for the £1.4bn a year tax

PackUK to dock millions of pounds from local authorities if they fail to spend money raised from the government’s EPR packaging tax on improving recycling.

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