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Plastic Packaging Tax

Blog by Jamie Gorman, Managing Director at Aegg Creative Packaging.

According to The Guardian, “the UK is facing its worst supply chain crisis since the 1970s”. Much of the crisis is due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit-related factors. There are cost pressures from every angle, hitting the food & drink industry especially hard. I explore some of the factors affecting the supply chain below…

Welcome to Recycle Week !It is a celebration of recycling across the nation. It’s the one week of the year where retailers, brands, waste management companies, trade associations, governments, the media, (and Aegg !), come together to achieve one goal : to galvanise the public into recycling more of the right things, more often.

Aegg interviewed Barry Turner, Plastic & Flexible Packaging Group Director at BPF (British Plastics Federation), to find out his thoughts on the upcoming Plastics Tax, which will be introduced in April 2022. Read on to find out more...