Britain to consider tax changes to reduce plastic use - Hammond

The British government will consult on how the tax system can be used to change consumers' behaviour on plastic use, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Tuesday."It will look at how the tax system can help drive the technological progress and behavioural change that we need, not as a way of raising revenue but as a way of changing behaviour and encouraging innovation," Hammond said during his spring statement to parliament.Hammond's statement echoed his budget speech last November when he sa