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Synoptic Short: Taxes on Plastic Products

Level:
A-Level
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 28 Dec 2018

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Plastic pollution has become one of the defining environmental issues of the age. Will examiners be looking to give students a chance to analyse and evaluate plastic pollution in a synoptic way? This short video considers some of the micro and macro effects of a tax on plastic products such as coffee cups and plastic food containers.

Synoptic Short: Taxes on Plastic Products
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