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Ulster plastic bags hitting Republic tax.
(From Belfast Telegraph)
A SENIOR SDLP Assembly member claimed today that the policy of imposing tax on plastic carrier bags in the Republic in order to reduce waste is being undermined by the export of plastic bags from the north.
East Londonderry member John Dallat said the cross-border trade in plastic bags was creating new opportunities for unscrupulous people to "cash-in".
He said: "There is now a lucrative trade in plastic bags which can be bought in the North ...
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