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A drone and a high-resolution camera using artificial intelligence were deployed to monitor hot spots, according to Yazid Belkalem, head of the agriculture committee in the People’s Provincial Assembly, an elected body that monitors the performance of the local authorities.
根据人民省议会农业委员会主任雅兹德·贝尔卡勒姆，现在已经部署了一架无人机和一台使用了人工智能技术的高分辨率摄像机，用于监测高温点，人民省议会是一个民选机构，负责监督地方政府的工作。
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A new packaging tax to fund recycling will push up the price of many products including soft drinks, beer, kitchenware and small appliances such as kettles and toasters, companies have warned. Pev Manners, the managing director of the cordial maker Belvoir Farm, said the preliminary cost for glass in the extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging was “nuts”. The brand would have to pass on the levy as the fees would wipe out its annual profits, he said.
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The EPR, which comes into effect next year, shifts the cost of household recycling from councils back on to the companies using the packaging. In August, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) published its “first estimate” of the rates to be charged for each tonne of material, giving companies a price range from the lowest to the highest. The rate for glass was “spectacularly high”, spanning £130 to £330 a tonne, Manners said. Based on the highest cost scenario covering the fees would add 25p – the equivalent of a 10% price increase – to a bottle of its elderflower cordial.
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In a statement, Defra said the EPR was a “vital first step in cracking down on waste as we move towards a circular economy, and we have always been clear these fees are our initial estimates … We are continuing to meet with the glass industry to discuss more workable approaches, including for how we calculate the cost of glass.”
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Any price increase would result in lost sales “because people are not feeling rich”, Manners said, adding that in the short-term it would benefit rivals that used cans and plastic because the UK’s deposit return scheme (DRS) was not due to start until 2027. Others in the drinks industry have also been worriedly doing the maths. In a joint letter the British Beer and Pub Association, Independent Family Brewers of Britain, Campaign for Real Ale, and Society of Independent Brewers and Associates, suggested it would put between 3p and 7p on each of the 3.2bn bottles of beer sold in the UK each year.
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When Ian Bray, the chief executive of Fentimans, known for its botanically brewed ginger beer, calculated its bill he feared the “death of Fentimans”. “At the high end of their [glass] cost estimate it was a number which was greater than my profit for the year,” he said, having worked out it would add 50p to a 750ml bottle of its soft drinks. Glass is hit hard because it is heavy and Defra is using weight as a key metric but as talks with industry continue Bray is more optimistic. “If they base it on volume rather than weight, then that will probably reduce the cost for glass by about a third, which starts to become more reasonable,” he said.
本文节选自：The Guardian（卫报）
发布时间：2024.9.20
作者：Business
原文标题：Packaging tax will raise price of many everyday items, say UK firms
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Others in the drinks industry have also been worriedly doing the maths.
结构：Others in the … have also been worriedly doing the maths.
…的其他人士也担忧地算了一笔账。
例句：Others in the steel industry have also been worriedly doing the maths.
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阅读理解题
What is the primary concern expressed by Pev Manners regarding the new packaging tax?
A) It will lead to increased sales of his products.
B) It will significantly reduce his company's annual profits.
C) It will improve the recycling system in the UK.
D) It will encourage consumers to buy more glass products.
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