Outrage as EPR fees face huge rise to pay for councils burning plastic

plastic rubbish recycling waste

The plans were revealed in a briefing by Defra bosses this week

Extended producer responsibility fees are to rise by “hundreds of millions” of pounds under government plans for manufacturers to shoulder the cost of burning tens of thousands of tonnes of household plastic.

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