Tiptree jam maker Wilkin and Sons said the Government’s new tax on glass is likely to cost them an additional £1million.
The Government is introducing a net zero tax on packaging from April which would make manufacturers responsible for the cost of recycling their products.
This scheme would be based on weight which affects heavier packaging such as glass.
Wilkin and Sons, the manufacturer of Tiptree jams and marmalades which received a Royal Warrant from King Charles in December, says the increase is a major concern to them.
Managing director Chris Newenham said: “The tax is a concern and likely to cost us in the region of an additional £1million per year. “Broadly the proposed tax on glass is £250 per tonne and for plastic is £500 per tonne but the equivalent plastic jar weighs seven times lighter than glass so the tax per jar on glass is 3.5 times that of plastic. This seems counter intuitive to what the Government may have wanted to achieve.”
Mr Newenham said the costs would not be passed on to consumers.
British Glass, a representative body for the UK glass industry, said the new tax will leave brands no choice but to use less recyclable materials such as plastic.
The UK glass sector’s recycling rate is 74.2 per cent – higher than plastic’s 52.5 per cent rate - and glass can be recycled 100 per cent when melted down.
My thoughts are as follows and it doesn't take a lot to work out.
Who even thinks these things through before implementing them, I would like to think that most people know glass weighs more than plastic and the big concern is that too much plastic packaging is currently being used. So to incentivise less plastic use they make it cheaper than something that can be 100% recycled when melted down.
Just to clarify the above post about the MP campaigning for an airport in Pakistan as some think I posted it because it's got to do with skin colour or race.
"And a day or two ago, a Tweet was posted complaining that a Birmingham MP (who just happened to have brown skin & be a Muslim) was campaigning for a new airport in Pakistan despite (words to the effect) "half the children in Birmingham are starving to death".
I can assure you that skin colour/race/religion had nothing to do with what I posted.
The point I was making was that an MP whose constituency has the highest child poverty in the country, rubbish piling up in the streets that hasn't been collected for weeks which has left 17,000 tonnes of waste on the streets, feels that an airport in another country is more worthy of his time than actually sorting out problems in his own city.
Birmingham: A Child Poverty Emergency.
Why the scandal of child poverty must end - and how we need to fix it.
Meet Aya, 11, baby Kyrell, one, Forest, and Isaac, 10. These beautiful children represent some of the 104,433 young people living in poverty in Birmingham.
Almost half of our city’s children are growing up in real, sustained poverty. In the city’s most deprived neighbourhoods, three in every four youngsters are affected.
For a city which proudly touts its credentials as ‘the youngest in Europe’, with a quarter of a million aged under 16 (23.4% of our population), we have to face up to a hard truth. We are failing our children.
Birmingham declares major incident over bin strike.
A major incident has been declared by Birmingham City Council over the ongoing bin strike, which has left 17,000 tonnes of waste on the streets.
Council leader John Cotton said the action had been taken in response to rising concerns about public health as the authority struggles to clear the rubbish, which has led to the issue being raised in Parliament.
If I see a news article about a white/christian MP campaigning for an international airport in the Australian outback whilst their constituency is in a similar situation I will be posting that article as well.
It's not always about colour/race/religion but fixing things closer to home first.
Just to clarify the above post about the MP campaigning for an airport in Pakistan as some think I posted it because it's got to do with skin colour or race.
"And a day or two ago, a Tweet was posted complaining that a Birmingham MP (who just happened to have brown skin & be a Muslim) was campaigning for a new airport in Pakistan despite (words to the effect) "half the children in Birmingham are starving to death".
I can assure you that skin colour/race/religion had nothing to do with what I posted.
The point I was making was that an MP whose constituency has the highest child poverty in the country, rubbish piling up in the streets that hasn't been collected for weeks which has left 17,000 tonnes of waste on the streets, feels that an airport in another country is more worthy of his time than actually sorting out problems in his own city.
Birmingham: A Child Poverty Emergency.
Why the scandal of child poverty must end - and how we need to fix it.
Meet Aya, 11, baby Kyrell, one, Forest, and Isaac, 10. These beautiful children represent some of the 104,433 young people living in poverty in Birmingham.
Almost half of our city’s children are growing up in real, sustained poverty. In the city’s most deprived neighbourhoods, three in every four youngsters are affected.
For a city which proudly touts its credentials as ‘the youngest in Europe’, with a quarter of a million aged under 16 (23.4% of our population), we have to face up to a hard truth. We are failing our children.
Birmingham declares major incident over bin strike.
A major incident has been declared by Birmingham City Council over the ongoing bin strike, which has left 17,000 tonnes of waste on the streets.
Council leader John Cotton said the action had been taken in response to rising concerns about public health as the authority struggles to clear the rubbish, which has led to the issue being raised in Parliament.
If I see a news article about a white/christian MP campaigning for an international airport in the Australian outback whilst their constituency is in a similar situation I will be posting that article as well.
It's not always about colour/race/religion but fixing things closer to home first.
A London MP who was criticised for backing a campaign to build an airport in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir after voting against Heathrow expansion has defended her decision.
A group of 20 cross-party politicians wrote a letter to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, asking him to fund the construction of an airport in Mirpur.
The campaign, launched by Bedford’s Labour MP Mohammad Yasin, called for better air links to the city because British Kashmiris were put off from visiting because of the 80 mile drive from Islamabad.
The issue is a “very important matter to the Kashmiri diaspora”, they said in a joint letter.
But critics pointed out that almost half of the MPs who had signed the letter had either previously voted against or attacked Heathrow’s plans to build a third runway in west London.
Just to clarify the above post about the MP campaigning for an airport in Pakistan as some think I posted it because it's got to do with skin colour or race.
"And a day or two ago, a Tweet was posted complaining that a Birmingham MP (who just happened to have brown skin & be a Muslim) was campaigning for a new airport in Pakistan despite (words to the effect) "half the children in Birmingham are starving to death".
I can assure you that skin colour/race/religion had nothing to do with what I posted.
The point I was making was that an MP whose constituency has the highest child poverty in the country, rubbish piling up in the streets that hasn't been collected for weeks which has left 17,000 tonnes of waste on the streets, feels that an airport in another country is more worthy of his time than actually sorting out problems in his own city.
Birmingham: A Child Poverty Emergency.
Why the scandal of child poverty must end - and how we need to fix it.
Meet Aya, 11, baby Kyrell, one, Forest, and Isaac, 10. These beautiful children represent some of the 104,433 young people living in poverty in Birmingham.
Almost half of our city’s children are growing up in real, sustained poverty. In the city’s most deprived neighbourhoods, three in every four youngsters are affected.
For a city which proudly touts its credentials as ‘the youngest in Europe’, with a quarter of a million aged under 16 (23.4% of our population), we have to face up to a hard truth. We are failing our children.
Birmingham declares major incident over bin strike.
A major incident has been declared by Birmingham City Council over the ongoing bin strike, which has left 17,000 tonnes of waste on the streets.
Council leader John Cotton said the action had been taken in response to rising concerns about public health as the authority struggles to clear the rubbish, which has led to the issue being raised in Parliament.
If I see a news article about a white/christian MP campaigning for an international airport in the Australian outback whilst their constituency is in a similar situation I will be posting that article as well.
It's not always about colour/race/religion but fixing things closer to home first.
A London MP who was criticised for backing a campaign to build an airport in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir after voting against Heathrow expansion has defended her decision.
A group of 20 cross-party politicians wrote a letter to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, asking him to fund the construction of an airport in Mirpur.
The campaign, launched by Bedford’s Labour MP Mohammad Yasin, called for better air links to the city because British Kashmiris were put off from visiting because of the 80 mile drive from Islamabad.
The issue is a “very important matter to the Kashmiri diaspora”, they said in a joint letter.
But critics pointed out that almost half of the MPs who had signed the letter had either previously voted against or attacked Heathrow’s plans to build a third runway in west London.
Perhaps my friend whose parents moved to a small place near Charleville Australia should start lobbying his MP as it's quite a bit further than an 80 mile drive...
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The Government is introducing a net zero tax on packaging from April which would make manufacturers responsible for the cost of recycling their products.
This scheme would be based on weight which affects heavier packaging such as glass.
Wilkin and Sons, the manufacturer of Tiptree jams and marmalades which received a Royal Warrant from King Charles in December, says the increase is a major concern to them.
Managing director Chris Newenham said: “The tax is a concern and likely to cost us in the region of an additional £1million per year.
“Broadly the proposed tax on glass is £250 per tonne and for plastic is £500 per tonne but the equivalent plastic jar weighs seven times lighter than glass so the tax per jar on glass is 3.5 times that of plastic. This seems counter intuitive to what the Government may have wanted to achieve.”
Mr Newenham said the costs would not be passed on to consumers.
British Glass, a representative body for the UK glass industry, said the new tax will leave brands no choice but to use less recyclable materials such as plastic.
The UK glass sector’s recycling rate is 74.2 per cent – higher than plastic’s 52.5 per cent rate - and glass can be recycled 100 per cent when melted down.
My thoughts are as follows and it doesn't take a lot to work out.
Who even thinks these things through before implementing them, I would like to think that most people know glass weighs more than plastic and the big concern is that too much plastic packaging is currently being used. So to incentivise less plastic use they make it cheaper than something that can be 100% recycled when melted down.
"And a day or two ago, a Tweet was posted complaining that a Birmingham MP (who just happened to have brown skin & be a Muslim) was campaigning for a new airport in Pakistan despite (words to the effect) "half the children in Birmingham are starving to death".
I can assure you that skin colour/race/religion had nothing to do with what I posted.
The point I was making was that an MP whose constituency has the highest child poverty in the country, rubbish piling up in the streets that hasn't been collected for weeks which has left 17,000 tonnes of waste on the streets, feels that an airport in another country is more worthy of his time than actually sorting out problems in his own city.
Birmingham:
A Child Poverty Emergency.
Why the scandal of child poverty must end - and how we need to fix it.
Meet Aya, 11, baby Kyrell, one, Forest, and Isaac, 10. These beautiful children represent some of the 104,433 young people living in poverty in Birmingham.
Almost half of our city’s children are growing up in real, sustained poverty. In the city’s most deprived neighbourhoods, three in every four youngsters are affected.
For a city which proudly touts its credentials as ‘the youngest in Europe’, with a quarter of a million aged under 16 (23.4% of our population), we have to face up to a hard truth. We are failing our children.
https://childpoverty.birminghamlive.co.uk/
Birmingham declares major incident over bin strike.
A major incident has been declared by Birmingham City Council over the ongoing bin strike, which has left 17,000 tonnes of waste on the streets.
Council leader John Cotton said the action had been taken in response to rising concerns about public health as the authority struggles to clear the rubbish, which has led to the issue being raised in Parliament.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93gpqvp8w5o
If I see a news article about a white/christian MP campaigning for an international airport in the Australian outback whilst their constituency is in a similar situation I will be posting that article as well.
It's not always about colour/race/religion but fixing things closer to home first.
A group of 20 cross-party politicians wrote a letter to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, asking him to fund the construction of an airport in Mirpur.
The campaign, launched by Bedford’s Labour MP Mohammad Yasin, called for better air links to the city because British Kashmiris were put off from visiting because of the 80 mile drive from Islamabad.
The issue is a “very important matter to the Kashmiri diaspora”, they said in a joint letter.
But critics pointed out that almost half of the MPs who had signed the letter had either previously voted against or attacked Heathrow’s plans to build a third runway in west London.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/minister-scolds-mps-over-campaign-to-build-airport-in-kashmir-while-voting-against-heathrow-expansion/ar-AA1C0Lax?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W230&cvid=a6c0e33cd95949bbaea0084944435e6e&ei=96#
Perhaps my friend whose parents moved to a small place near Charleville Australia should start lobbying his MP as it's quite a bit further than an 80 mile drive...
https://x.com/RobertJenrick/status/1906703906022842534