Assessing the Economic Impacts of a Potential Ban on Expanded Polystyrene Food and Beverage Containers

Expanded polystyrene may have significant negative impacts on the general environment when it is discarded after use. The Government wishes to assess what the economic, environmental and social impacts would be of a possible ban of the items used as food and beverage containers, in England, weighing these impacts against the resultant environmental benefits.

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