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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Speare-Cole

Government ‘could miss chance to tackle chemical pollutants from wastewater’

The Government has been urged to follow the ‘polluter pays’ principle (Anna Gowthorpe/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Government could miss the chance to ensure chemical pollutants are removed from wastewater as part of its major reforms to the industry, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has warned.

The organisation said the cost of cleaning up chemicals from the environment could be left to taxpayers in future unless the UK follows the EU and France to introduce a “polluter pays” principle.

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