Survey: Public backs plastics crackdown

BusinessGreen staff
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Three-quarters of people want government to take action to make more products recyclable and repairable

The British public are in favour of the government taking a strong stance against plastic packaging which cannot be recycled, according to the results of a new survey released today by Cardiff University....

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