More details emerge of a ban that businesses say could make takeaways more costly.
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Green groups welcomed the move, but said it could go further to address packaging being sent to landfill.Fish and chips restaurants and other takeaways will become more expensive as small companies will be forced to pass on higher costs of packaging to consumers, suggests Andrew Crook, who runs a fish and chip shop in Lancashire and is deputy chair of the British Takeaway Campaign.
"It will cost us more to change packaging. I'm not a fan of plastic myself, I wouldn't use it if I had a choice. But how else can we package our kebabs?" he told BBC News. At first the tins were "quite popular", but they're not in heavy use now. Customers still value convenience, Helen suggests.Includes single-use plastic plates, trays, bowls, cutlery, balloon sticks, and some types of polystyrene cups and food containers
While she shows me around, a cargo bike parks at the front door. Danilo Ponzetta picks up a large box of reusable cups and loads them into the bike.
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