A net zero green levy which 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.
Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the British Retail Consortium, said that the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, as well as the introduction of a Deposit Return Scheme, which is set to be implemented in the next couple of years, is “an unambitious and ineffective strategy that will do little to improve our abysmal recycling rates.”…