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Government delays packaging tax by a year
The government added it will use the additional year to continue to discuss the scheme’s design with industry and reduce the costs of implementation wherever possible
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The Government has revealed that new rules to ensure packaging producers pay for the cost of recycling their packaging will be deferred a year from October 2024 to 2025.
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