{"id":2296,"date":"2017-11-19T01:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T01:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/?p=2296"},"modified":"2017-11-19T01:00:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T01:00:17","slug":"uk-considers-tax-on-single-use-plastics-to-tackle-ocean-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/uk-considers-tax-on-single-use-plastics-to-tackle-ocean-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"UK considers tax on single-use plastics to tackle ocean pollution\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chancellor to announce call for evidence on possible measures to cut use of plastics such as takeaway cartons and packaging<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0Plastic bottles and other rubbish washed up on a British beach. Photograph: Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The chancellor, Philip Hammond, will announce in next week\u2019s budget a \u201ccall for evidence\u201d on how taxes or other charges on single-use plastics such as takeaway cartons and packaging could reduce the impact of discarded waste on marine and bird life, the Treasury has said.<\/p>\n

The commitment was welcomed by environmental and wildlife groups, though they stressed that any eventual measures would need to be ambitious and coordinated.<\/p>\n