A fizzy drinks company has called for the government to pass legislation for single-use drinks containers before the general election, or risk the UK becoming the “dirty man of Europe”.
Julian Hunt, vice-president of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, the sole licensed bottler for products of The Coca-Cola Company in Europe, urged ministers to make good on their promise of bringing in a cash-incentive scheme to encourage more people in Britain to recycle drinks containers, such as bottles and cans.
“My plea to policymakers, on behalf of the beverage sector, is we really can’t have the UK being the dirty man of Europe when it comes to this,” he told delegates at a conference for retailers last week.
“It’s really time that the four governments come together
