Butt out: Government proposes making tobacco firms pay for litter clean up

James Murray
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Defra says cigarette butts are most commonly littered item in country and cost authorities around £40m a year to clean up

The government has today published new proposals that could see producer responsibility obligations extended to tobacco companies so as to make them pay for the cost of clearing up cigarette litter...

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