Retailers Warn Net Zero Recycling Costs Will Hike Household Bills to £4 Billion

Retailers Warn Net Zero Recycling Costs Will Hike Household Bills to £4 Billion
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Owen Evans
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A net zero green levy that forces companies to take on packaging recycling costs could increase household bills, according to retailers.

In a letter sent to The Telegraph, the British Retail Consortium, the trade association for all UK retailers, has said that a net zero scheme that charges retailers and manufacturers for the cost of councils recycling their packaging will increase household bills up to £4 billion a year when it is rolled out next April.
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