date:Jun 19, 2014
be damaging for the UKs bioplastics and composting industries.
Tony Breton, UK strategist for Novamont, said: The Government should speed up the exemption process by using existing robust standards for compostable plastics, rather than go through the lengthy process of creating new standards for plastics which do not currently exist.
In the Queens speech, the government announced its intention to introduce the charge.
The governments proposals for England only apply to plastic bags. Unlike t