Small drinks firms have reason to cry over exempt milk

Small drinks firms have reason to cry over exempt milk
Not all are happy with dairy milk containers getting exemption. (Image: Getty)
Ella Somers
Small drinks companies say carving out dairy milk products from a new container return scheme is “unfair and inequitable”.The scheme proposed by the Ministry for the Environment gives fresh dairy products such as milk and cream a free pass from imposing a 20-cent refundable deposit on their retail price that all other beverages in single-use metal, glass, paperboard and plastic materials will have to adopt.‘Deeply flawed’Almighty Drinks director, Ben Lenart, said he was concerned the scheme will hit small companies like...

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