Single-use plastic consultation should not hit farmers' pockets

Farmers should not anticipate too much change in light of the Government’s new public consultation on banning a range of polluting plastics this autumn. 

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Single-use plastic consultation should not hit farmers' pockets

Farmers should not anticipate too much change in light of the Government's new public consultation on banning a range of polluting plastics this autumn. That was the message from AIC's (Agricultural...

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