Government plots tweaks to Plastic Packaging Tax to boost chemical recycling efforts

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Government plots tweaks to Plastic Packaging Tax to boost chemical recycling efforts

Changes aimed at driving more investment into advanced processes that use chemicals to break down plastic into feedstocks for making new materials

The government has said it wants to reform the UK's Plastic Packaging Tax regime in order to encourage more investment in innovative chemical processes for recycling the material, as it announced a flurry...

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