Coalition scraps pay-as-you-throw plans

James S Murray
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Government to propose recycling reward incentive schemes as alternative to Labour's "bin tax"

The Lib-Con coalition will today officially scrap the previous government's plans to trial pay-as-you-throw schemes that would have charged households based on how much rubbish they produce. The scheme,...

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