Budget To Amend Plastic And Glass Recycling Plans

Chancellor George Osborne's budget proposals confirmed the government's plan to amend packaging recycling targets for plastic and glass. For plastic, the existing target of 52% for 2016 will be reduced to 49%, increasing 2% each year to 2020, as anticipated. The target had been due to increase to 57% in 2017. On glass, the government confirmed that the existing target of 77% will be maintained until 2017, and then increase by 1% each year to 2020, when it will reach 80%. The government said the changes will help to "reduce the burden on businesses."