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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Speare-Cole

Councils to get £1.1bn for recycling from packaging fees charged to firms

Businesses will be required to pay towards the costs of recycling packaging (Anthony Devlin/PA) - (PA Archive)

Councils in England are set to receive a share of £1.1 billion in recycling funding taken from money charged to companies for the packaging they produce.

Under the current system, local councils have footed the bill for disposing of items such as milk bottles, cereal boxes and soup tins using taxpayers’ money.

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