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Bottle recycling scheme to cost at least £1.8bn a year, warns BRC
The body believes that reforms to household recycling collection and EPR must first be introduced together, and only then will it be clear on the exact role of a DRS in further improving recycling rates
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The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has warned that government plans to introduce a bottle recycling scheme could cost the industry £1.8bn a year from 2025.
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